Biden tells Howard Stern about feelings of suicide after first wife’s death
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/26/24 10:41 AM ET

President Biden joined radio host Howard Stern for a surprise live interview Friday, sitting down with the shock jock at his New York City studio for a roughly hourlong discussion about Biden’s personal life and his presidency.

In one of the more revealing moments of the interview, Biden recounted his feelings of despair after the death of his first wife, Neilia, and 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, including thinking about getting drunk despite never drinking alcohol.

“I used to sit there and just think, ‘I’m going to take out a bottle of scotch,'” Biden said. “’I’m going to just drink it and get drunk.'”

“I just thought about it; you don’t need to be crazy to commit suicide. If you’ve been to the top of the mountain, you think it’s never going to be there again.” Biden added. “I thought, “Let me just go to the Delaware Memorial [Bridge] and jump.'”