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Why Jill Biden’s Vogue cover story has been slammed as an epic failure

A week is a long time in politics. In the world of monthly publications, it can be an eternity.

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Oof. The timing was unfortunate. Only days after watching her husband, the 81-year-old Joe Biden, all but dribble through the first presidential debate at CNN’s Atlanta studio, Dr Jill Biden popped up in the August issue of US Vogue.

The cover finds her strong, beatific, bathed in Anna Wintour’s benedictory glow. The cover line is a doozy: “We will decide our future.” Wait. Who will?

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