Biden speaks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Leesburg, Virginia, on February 8, 2024.
Biden speaks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Leesburg, Virginia, on February 8, 2024.
  • Special Counsel Robert Hur's report says some unflattering things about Biden's memory.
  • But it's unlikely to significantly impact the 2024 race: voters already know this about him.
  • Voters will have a binary choice to make, and plenty of them are still ready to reject Trump again.

"A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

This is perhaps the most-cited line from Special Counsel Robert Hur's report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, which recommended no charges against the president.