Jill Biden ‘stunned’ Joe’s family during health scare, marking her status as ‘full-fledged’ Biden: book

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First lady Jill Biden felt she became a "full-fledged" member of the family after Joe Biden had two brain aneurysms in 1988 and she took a more elevated role in family decisions, a new book details.

"She was exhausted. In the hospital, as she watched Joe’s mother, sister, and brothers debate the best path forward for Joe’s treatment, something in her broke," an upcoming book titled "American Woman" says, describing Jill Biden as the future president underwent medical treatments at Walter Reed in 1988 for brain aneurysms.

"‘Wait a minute!’ she yelled at the group. ‘He’s my husband. I should be making the decision here.’"

The moment, underscored by Joe’s mother urging the family to listen to Jill, marked when Jill Biden says she felt she had "become a full-fledged Biden," the book details.

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"The Bidens were stunned, until Joe’s mother eventually agreed: ‘She’s right,’ Jean Biden told the group, settling the matter. That was the moment, as Jill has recounted, that she felt she had become a full-fledged Biden."

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"American Woman," authored by New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers, will be released Tuesday and documents how the role of first lady has evolved in the