Media react to Jill Biden's Vogue appearance: 'I thought this was satire'

The timing of Vogue including First Lady Jill Biden on the cover of its August issue Monday sparked intense reaction on both the right and the left following her husband's disastrous debate performance last week.

The highly favorable piece from the liberal magazine with the cover line, "We will decide our future," was already completed pre-debate, but was updated Sunday when Vogue spoke to the First Lady about President Biden's future in the White House. Biden told the magazine that her husband "will always do what's best for the country" and that her family will not allow the president's brutal debate performance to define his presidency and will "continue to fight."

"The debate on June 27 spurred a discussion about whether President Joe Biden should remain the Democratic nominee," Vogue wrote in a note at the top of the cover story. "Dr. Jill Biden, the first lady and Vogue’s August cover subject, has fiercely defended her husband and stood by him. Reached by phone on June 30 at Camp David, where the Biden family had gathered for the weekend, she told Vogue that they ‘will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president. We will continue to fight.’"

Since Biden's showing against former President Trump last week, calls from liberal media allies have abounded for the president to drop out of the race over concerns about his mental fitness and cognitive ability. There have also been reports of concerned donors and Democratic Party "panic" over his performance, but the campaign has thus far held firm that Biden isn't going anywhere.

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The Vogue story focused on interviews and photos done before the