Terry Prone: Jill Biden should help Joe Biden understand that quitting isn’t the same as losing

Jill Biden loves her husband as much as Edith Wilson loved Woodrow Wilson a century ago. But Edith's role is no longer available. The best thing Jill could do now is tell him he's got to go

Jill Biden is a confident clever woman, as was Edith Wilson, who effectively ran her husband's presidency after Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919. But it's 2024 now and Jill Biden simply doesn't have that option. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

Jill Biden loves the US president. Has loved him for a long time and has come through difficult times with him. She bought into him to such an extent that she took on his children and his background as a widower, challenges that have felled many well-intentioned women in the past. 

She has accommodated his decline, and you can imagine the compensatory mental processes deployed. He wandered away from world leaders at a D-Day event.