Biden interview edited by Black radio show following campaign's request

• The campaign of President Joe Biden asked for and received two edits to an interview he gave a Milwaukee radio station on the heels of his disastrous debate in late June against former President Donald Trump, the station said.
• The disclosure by Civic Media of the edits comes days after the show's host and another Black radio host in Philadelphia revealed the Biden campaign had fed them questions in advance to ask the president.
• Civic Media said the campaign asked host Earl Ingram's production team to cut a Biden comment where the president said he had "more Blacks in my administration than any other president."

The campaign of President Joe Biden asked for and received two edits to an interview he gave a Milwaukee radio station on the heels of his disastrous debate in late June against former President Donald Trump, the station said Thursday.

The disclosure by Civic Media of the edits comes days after its host for the Biden interview, and another Black radio host in Philadelphia, revealed the Biden campaign fed them questions in advance to ask the president.

It also comes amid sharpened scrutiny of Biden's interviews and his ability to deliver on his message in unscripted settings without a teleprompter. During the June 27 debate against Trump, the president struggled to maintain his train of thought and at times delivered garbled responses to simple questions.

Since then, a growing number of Democratic lawmakers and other allies have called on Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential contest, citing questions about his competency and ability to serve another four-year term..

Civic Media, which aired the Biden interview by host Earl Ingram on July 4, said the president's campaign asked Ingram's production team to cut