FLASHBACK: Dems ran defense on Biden's age before Special Counsel put damning spotlight on his 'poor memory'

Democrats have long run defenses of President Biden, whose age is now facing intense scrutiny following damning revelations in a report released Thursday by Special Counsel Robert Hur.

Hur, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Biden's handling of classified documents, concluded he would not bring charges against him in part because a jury would find him to be a "sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory" despite the acknowledgment that the documents were "willfully" obtained by Biden both as vice president and as a senator.

However, Hur's report revealed Biden had a "hazy" memory on when he was previously in office and when his son Beau died.

NO CHARGES FOR BIDEN AFTER SPECIAL COUNSEL PROBE INTO IMPROPER HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

"In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden's memory was worse," the report states. "He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended ('if it was 2013 — when did I stop being Vice President?'), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began ('in 2009, am I still Vice President?')."

"He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died," the report continued. "And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he ‘had a real difference’ of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama."

The explosive details from Hur's interview with Biden flies in the face of comments made by the president's defenders who say the 81-year-old is fit to serve.

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