Hunter Biden says his father was on the prescription sedative Ambien before an “absolutely horrible” debate performance last year against now-President Donald Trump.

His comments, made in a three-hour interview with the YouTube show “Channel 5,” were published Monday, the anniversary of when then-President Joe Biden abandoned his 2024 reelection bid.

“I know exactly what happened in that debate,” said Hunter Biden, who was pardoned by his father for any crimes he might have committed from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024. “He flew around the world. He’s 81 years old. He’s tired. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep, and he gets up on the stage and looks like a deer in the headlights.”

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