After proving themselves to be his greatest sycophants with their gushfest of an interview last September, former President Biden reciprocated by giving the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View his first post-presidency interview. Of course, as Democratic propagandists, they swaddled him in love and softball questions, largely teeing up questions about controversies in easy-to-knock-down ways, and helping him rehabilitate his image. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg opened up questions with a fast ball about how he was doing, which Biden used to hawk the book he was supposedly writing himself. Pretend independent Sara Haines followed up by ignoring the fact that Biden didn’t drop out willingly but was forced out by Democratic Party insiders and donors, and commended him on his “selfless and very difficult decision” to drop out. When asked why Vice President Kamala Harris lost despite Democratic optimism, Biden seeming suggested that America was sexist: HAINES: Democrats were feeling optimistic about the vice president's chances of winning the presidency, but then election night came, and it was like 2016 all over again. So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route.   Sara Haines commends Biden for his "selfless and very difficult decision" to get out of the race, but wanted to know what he thought was the reason for Harris's defeat. Biden seems to blame it on Americans being sexist: "I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist… pic.twitter.com/IRgS19rfim — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   As Biden’s biggest fan on the set, Joy Behar had the gooiest things to say about him. Completely ignoring how both President Obama and Biden blamed their Republican predecessors for their own failings until they left office, Behar whined that Trump was blaming Biden after the first 100 days. “As of late April, he had mentioned you and your family and your administration at least 580 times. That's -- we're talking shrink land now,” Behar declared, suggesting there was something wrong with Trump’s brain (something she refused to entertain with Biden). Of course, it was an easy softball for Biden: BEHAR: Why is he so fixated on you and blaming you for everything? BIDEN: I beat him. In a follow up question sometime later, Behar admitted that Biden’s handlers had requested she ask him a specific question about his use of an autopen to sign his family’s pardons and admitted that she promised to do it: BEHAR: I promised I would ask this question, because – [Whoopi Goldberg gestures to the producers] They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant! BIDEN: Oh, he’s vacant.   Joy Behar admits that Biden used an auto pen to sign his pardons. She also seemingly admits that Biden's handlers wanted her to ask about it and admitted that she promised she would. "He's vacant," Biden responded. pic.twitter.com/Bnh3LXgqEa — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   Previously, The View cast cheered Biden’s pardon for his son Hunter. They praised how Biden gave his son a “great gift, the gift of freedom.” As one of the fake conservatives on set, Alyssa Farah Griffin’s question regarding the books detailing Biden’s cognitive decline never drilled down on any of the specific examples. She simply asked: “What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong?” “They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that,” Biden answered. Late in the interview, Goldberg decried how "everybody lost their mind" because Biden simply had "a bad night" at the infamous debate. "Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it?" Goldberg asked. Biden claimed he was just "sick." "It's an explanation," Behar defended him.   Whoopi decries how "everybody lost their mind" because Biden simply had "a bad night" at the debate. "Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it?" Whoopi asks. Biden claims he was just "sick." "It's an explanation," Behar defended him. pic.twitter.com/ZJpppjnhSC — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   For her part, co-host Sunny Hostin had a bit of a selfish question. Trying to wash herself clean of the major damage she did to the Harris campaign with her “weaponized” question about doing things differently from Biden, Hostin wanted to know if Biden pressured her to answer the way she did: [W]hen the vice president was here, I asked her if she would have done something differently than your administration over the past four years. And because of all the successes that your administration had, I think her response was ‘there is not a thing that comes to mind.’ Now, that answer was weaponized against her, and there has been some reporting that you encouraged her for there to be no daylight between the two of you. First, is that true, and do you think in retrospect she should have tried to differentiate all the wins that your administration had? “Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that. Number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role,” Biden said. At the very end of the show, Goldberg wanted viewers to know "you're not in this alone, we're all in it together" against Trump. "We got them!" Behar proclaimed as she jumped up to hug Biden.   Hostin brings up her question to Harris about what she would do differently from Biden (which helped sink her campaign), and whines it was "weaponized against her." Hostin tries to wash her hands by blaming Biden for it: "[T]here has been some reporting that you encouraged her… pic.twitter.com/fJ1pWFT4vG — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   The relevant portions of the transcript are below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View May 8. 2025 11:04:22 a.m. Eastern (…) SARA HAINES: Mr. President, last time you were here was a little over a month before the election, and you had made the selfless and very difficult decision, I'm sure, to step aside. And Democrats were feeling optimistic about the vice president's chances of winning the presidency, but then election night came, and it was like 2016 all over again. So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? FMR. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route. (…) 11:10:16 a.m. Eastern SUNNY HOSTIN: … [W]hen the vice president was here, I asked her if she would have done something differently than your administration over the past four years. And because of all the successes that your administration had, I think her response was ‘there is not a thing that comes to mind.’ Now, that answer was weaponized against her, and there has been some reporting that you encouraged her for there to be no daylight between the two of you. First, is that true, and do you think in retrospect she should have tried to differentiate all the wins that your administration had? BIDEN: Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that. Number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role. (…) 11:19:22 a.m. Eastern JOY BEHAR: So, I've noticed that Trump can't stop talking about it. He's obsessed with you. As of late April, he had mentioned you and your family and your administration at least 580 times. That's -- we're talking shrink land now, because, you know, when you're obsessed with somebody you have to look at yourself and say,’ what is going on here?’ And at Trump's cabinet meeting your name was invoked 52 times and he blamed you for the economic mess that his tariffs are causing. Why is he so fixated on you and blaming you for everything? BIDEN: I beat him. (…) 11:25:05 a.m. Eastern BEHAR: I promised I would ask this question, because – [Whoopi Goldberg gestures to the producers] They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant! BIDEN: Oh, he’s vacant. (…) 11:32:19 a.m. Eastern ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Mr. President since you left office there have been a number of books that have come out deeply sourced from Democratic sources that claim in your final year there was a dramatic decline in your cognitive abilities. In the final year of your presidency. What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong? BIDEN: They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that. (…) 11:36:52 a.m. Eastern WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, you know what freaked everybody out, was that debate. BIDEN: Yeah. GOLDBERG: Wasn't a great night. It was a bad night. BIDEN: Terrible night. GOLDBERG: And everybody lost their mind because no one has ever had a bad night when they were -- nobody tries to have a bad night. Sometimes it happens. JILL BIDEN: Yeah. GOLDBERG: So this is what started -- BIDEN: Yep. GOLDBERG: -- both sides with this, ‘oh, he can't do this. This needs to stop.’ Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it, especially the Democrats? BIDEN: Well, first of all, we still were winning primaries. We were still doing everything. (…)