New Delhi, May 5 -- Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said she never witnessed signs of former President Joe Biden's mental decline during her tenure, distancing herself from concerns raised after his widely criticised June 2024 debate performance.

"I never saw that person - not a single time, and I was in the Oval Office every day - that was on that debate stage," Psaki said Friday on the Mixed Signals podcast.

Biden's poor showing in the debate against Donald Trump prompted widespread calls, even from within his own party, to exit the 2024 race.

Psaki emphasised that she left the administration in May 2022 and has seen Biden in person only once since then. She cautioned against drawing conclusions about his health post-ten...