Joe Biden Takes Swipes At President Trump During His First Speech In Months

Joe Biden is back.

Mumbling and all!

On Friday night, Joe Biden gave a speech in South Carolina hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party.

Biden was invited to the event to celebrate the 6th anniversary of his Democratic presidential primary victory in the state.

During his speech, Biden wasted no time taking jabs at President Trump and his policies.

Take a look:

Biden later talked about President Trump’s State of the Union address, but fumbled his words while doing so:

🚨 BIDEN: “Did you see Trump give the State of Union? … It's unbelievable. The guy talks for almost two hours, but never mentioned the anniversary of Putin invading Ukraine. Never once.” pic.twitter.com/Zbp7Ofq1ZX

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) February 28, 2026

He also attacked Trump for not recognizing Epstein victims during his speech:

BREAKING: Joe Biden just attacked Trump for ignoring Epstein’s victims who were sitting in front of him at his State of the Union. pic.twitter.com/6UYbJ9WQtf

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 28, 2026

This was a bizarre stare:

Joe Biden returns from the dead, starts to stutter, and attacks President Trump’s State of the Union, saying he’s disgusted that Trump never once recognized the Epstein victims sitting right in front of him.

Biden then claims he single handedly took down Big Pharma.

"We're the… pic.twitter.com/bV16c5nnRA

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) February 28, 2026

The Post and Courier covered a different angle of his speech:

Biden emphasized how much South Carolina meant to him, an expression of mutual gratitude to a state that not only delivered him the presidency, but some of his most enduring relationships: former Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, the late Republican U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, former Columbia mayor and adviser Steve Benjamin and former South Carolina state Sen. Marlon Kimpson, who served in the Biden White House.

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“It’s good to be home,” a grinning Biden said to cheers as he took the stage Feb. 27.

But beneath the celebratory mood, the well-equipped bar and the catered selection of hors d’oeuvres in the museum lobby, a broader question lingered: was Biden in town to reaffirm South Carolina’s status as an early proving ground for Democrats? Or was the trip the closing chapter for both him and the state?

Biden, who arrived to town on a commercial plane flight, did not seem in a quitting mood.

In a fiery 23-minute speech, the former president railed against the current presidential administration as a trafficker of “cruelty and corruption” bent on dismantling the legacy he’d built as president.

“We brought the country back from the abyss,” he told attendees, saying he believed the nation was growing eager for a resurgence that would redeliver Democrats control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and eventually the White House.

“South Carolina,” he said, “knows it’s never too late.”

Recent events might have indicated the purpose of Biden’s trip more resembled the former.

As South Carolina competes to remain the party’s first-in-the-nation primary state amid a field of one dozen applicants, Spain arranged a private reception with Biden and the senior party leaders who will help guide the 2028 nominating calendar, indicating Biden could help state party leaders make their case to remain first on the calendar.

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