In a YouTube interview on Monday, Hunter Biden said his father, former President Joe Biden, was taking Ambien during his disastrous presidential debate in 2024.

After Hunter Biden suggested his father's debate performance was impacted by Ambien use, doctors note the sleep medication can cause confusion and cognitive issues in elderly patients.

Ambien is a prescription drug that is used to treat insomnia. According to 55-year-old Hunter, his father looked like a “deer in the headlights” during the debate because he says he was taking the sleeping medication. Hunter recently did a three-hour interview with YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan.

Hunter Biden said dad Joe Biden was suffering from the effects of Ambien during his pivotal debate against President Donald Trump. What is it?

Biden also expressed frustration with Democratic voices, strategists and lawmakers who abandoned his father's candidacy following the debate.

The president’s oldest son made the statement in an interview with YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan released on the anniversary of Biden dropping out of the debate.

Hunter Biden said his father's use of Ambien contributed to Joe Biden's poor debate performance against Donald Trump in the 2024 campaign.

NewsNation political contributor Chris Cillizza said on Tuesday that Hunter Biden was dishonest when he explained why his father former

Hunter ripped into portrayals of his father’s decline as a conspiracy theory, and insisted that the 46th president simply “got old before our eyes.”