Radio host asked Biden questions his campaign provided

President Biden’s campaign came up with questions for a Philadelphia-based radio host who interviewed him recently.

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, host of “The Source,” said she was sent the questions from Mr. Biden’s campaign ahead of her Q&A that was recorded Wednesday and aired Thursday.

“I got several questions, eight of them, and the four that were chosen were the ones that I approved,” Ms. Lawful-Sanders told CNN’s Victor Blackwell on Saturday. 

Mr. Blackwell noted that Ms. Lawful-Sanders and his other guest, Earl Ingram, a Milwaukee-based radio host who also interviewed Mr. Biden this week, asked basically the same questions. 

Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for the Biden campaign, said in a statement, “It’s not at all an uncommon practice for interviewees to share topics they would prefer. 

“These questions were relevant to the news of the day — the president was asked about his debate performance as well as what he’d delivered for black Americans. We do not condition interviews on acceptance of these questions, and hosts are always free to ask the questions they think will best inform their listeners.”

Mr. Biden and his campaign have been in damage control since last week’s debate where his incoherence was on display.

The president has appeared at numerous events since then, including on Ms. Lawful-Sanders’ show, to counter the narrative that he has been a mentally handicapped president. But even in his insulated interview with the host, he stumbled. 

“I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president — first Black woman — to serve with a Black president, proud to have been involved with the first Black woman on the Supreme Court,” he said on the show. 

Meanwhile, Democrats are scrambling after his muddled debate showing against a strong and clear Donald Trump and are worried that if Mr. Biden becomes the Democratic nominee, the former president will cruise to victory on Nov. 5. 

Five House Democrats have publicly called on the president to quit the race, and Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, is working to build a group of colleagues to ask Mr. Biden to bow out.