(DC Pundit) – In a move that smells more like a golden handshake than a literary achievement, Joe Biden has reportedly secured a whopping $10 million advance for a memoir about his presidency. That’s right, $10 million for a book that he almost certainly won’t write himself and one that, if history is any indicator, will be collecting dust in bargain bins within weeks of its release.
According to Breitbart News, the deal is with Hachette Book Group, and the book will be published under its Little, Brown & Company imprint. No release date has been announced. Biden told The Wall Street Journal that he’s “working my tail off” writing the book. Which tail that is, no one is quite sure, since Biden has famously struggled with even delivering coherent speeches off a teleprompter, let alone drafting hundreds of pages of prose.
Here’s the reality: this book isn’t about reaching readers. It’s about reaching recipients. As in the friends and insiders who stand to profit from slapping Biden’s name on the cover while a ghostwriter handles the rest. We’ve seen this play out before—big names, big checks, and little substance.
The bigger question is whether this ghostwritten nostalgia trip will generate enough public interest to justify the eight-figure payday. Doubtful. Biden’s post-presidency approval ratings have cratered. His public appearances, when he’s even coherent, fail to inspire. His own party shoved him off the 2024 ballot in favor of Kamala Harris after a disastrous debate with President Donald Trump. Yet somehow, we’re supposed to believe Americans are chomping at the bit to read his recollections? At this point, can he even recollect anything?
Let’s be honest, this isn’t the first time Biden has cashed in with little to show for it. Back in 2017, he signed a similar book deal after leaving the Obama White House. That deal was reportedly worth $8 million and produced the memoir Promise Me, Dad, a book that didn’t exactly dominate the bestseller lists. It’s fair to assume this new one won’t either.
And while Biden plays author, Americans are still reeling from the mess he left behind: record inflation, a broken southern border, global instability, and an economy that continues to punish middle-class families. But sure, let’s throw a few million his way to tell us how great things were under his leadership. Maybe the chapter on $7 gas and empty store shelves will come with footnotes.
The Democrats and their media lapdogs will likely prop this book up with glowing reviews and fawning interviews, pretending it’s the next Profiles in Courage. But the truth is simple: this is just another elite payday in a long line of Washington rewards for failure.
Whether this book ever sees the light of day or not, one thing is certain—Joe Biden’s presidential memoir will be remembered for what it really is: a $10 million consolation prize from a grateful establishment to one of its most loyal, if fading, figures.
And in the end, the only folks shelling out for this book will be the same crowd who voted for him the first time: loyal to the narrative, indifferent to the fallout, and willing to pay top dollar for a glossy rewrite of a presidency most Americans would rather forget.
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