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Former first lady Jill Biden, right, speaks with journalist Paola Ramos on Wednesday in D.C. as part of a promotional tour for her new memoir. (Tom Brenner\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Jill Biden\u2019s new memoir and the tour to promote it are reigniting frustrations among some Democrats who feel the former first lady is unnecessarily relitigating the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>

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In her book, \u201cView From the East Wing,\u201d Biden recounts her time in the White House and defends the decisions her husband, Joe Biden, made during his reelection bid.<\/p>\n

The Bidens, their aides and the Democratic Party writ large faced intense backlash over their handling of the 2024 presidential campaign, when Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous debate performance<\/a> prompted concerns about his age and mental acuity. He ultimately withdrew and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

In her book, Jill Biden wrote that when she asked her husband about his decision to exit, he replied: \u201cJilly, I had no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Bates, a former White House spokesperson, told the New York Post<\/a> that he didn\u2019t see \u201cwhy that painful conversation for the party needed to be publicly reopened right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jill Biden hit back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to say to Andrew: Call me up,\u201d she said Wednesday at a D.C. stop on her book tour. \u201cIf somebody has something to say, then say it to my face.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former first lady added that \u201cpolitical wounds\u201d were a \u201csmall part\u201d of her book, reserved to only one chapter. Still critics have said the conversation about 2024 comes at an inconvenient time, as the party is trying to move forward from the damaging loss, combat the Trump administration and win enough congressional seats to take back the majorities.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Bidens declined to comment, as did Bates. Jill Biden called Bates on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the conversation who declined to offer additional details. Politico first reported <\/a>about the call.<\/p>\n

Meghan Hays, a former White House aide to Joe Biden, said on C-SPAN\u2019s \u201cCeasefire\u201d<\/a> that the conversation was taking away from the \u201cmomentum\u201d behind Democrats.<\/p>

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\u201cWhen we get pulled back into conversations about age and the election in \u201824, it\u2019s never going to be a good place for Democrats,\u201d Hays said.<\/p>\n

On the 2024 campaign, Bates had told the New York Post: \u201cWe had a duty to win and we didn\u2019t. I think about that all the time.\u201d He added that he didn\u2019t think the book would impact the midterms.<\/p>\n

Other Biden administration and campaign officials were publicly irritated about how the first lady spoke about Bates, known widely as a stalwart defender of the Bidens.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a whole lot I could say about this but I will leave it at being so, unbelievably disappointed,\u201d Rob Flaherty, a top aide to Biden during his reelection campaign and in the White House, posted on X.<\/p>\n

The Bidens have made their way back to the news cycle in recent weeks. In May, Hunter Biden taped an interview with conservative podcaster Candace Owens, speaking in the episode<\/a> and on social media about his drug addiction and years-long sobriety. During his wife\u2019s book tour, Joe Biden announced he is writing another memoir<\/a> to be released in September. He also sued the Justice Department to block the release<\/a> of recordings from interviews with a ghostwriter helping him write his memoir.<\/p>\n

Rufus Gifford, chairman of Joe Biden\u2019s presidential library foundation, said it was \u201cridiculous\u201d for anyone to assert that the former first lady\u2019s book would hurt Democratic momentum in the midterm elections. He cast the book as a chance for Jill Biden to offer her perspective in the same way other former first ladies have.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I\u2019m very fond of the Bidens, but I also think they should have an opportunity to tell their stories,\u201d Gifford said. \u201cAnd this is her ability.\u201d<\/p>

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