'Heartbroken' Jill Biden Shades Democrats Like George Clooney for Publicly Demanding Joe Biden Step Down From Election: 'It Was Really Hurtful'

Jill Biden admitted she was "heartbroken" when some of her and husband Joe Biden's allies and longtime friends called for him to drop out of the 2024 election after his poor performance at the debate.

On the Tuesday, June 2, episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the topic by noting how people such as Chuck Schumer and George Clooney were working "behind the scenes to get Joe to step down," to which the former first lady noted, "And maybe not-so behind the scenes..."

"Maybe not-so behind the scenes. I have to try to be nice," the comedian quipped, to which Jill joked, "Oh, yea, sure, Whoopi's trying to be nice!"

"How hard was it for you to heart it?" the EGOT winner asked, confessing she was "pissed off" at people for relaying their feelings on a public platform instead of privately.

"I love that about you," Jill said of Whoopi passionately defending the ex-POTUS.

"It was really hurtful, I have to say. You have to remember, we're not just president and first lady. We're parents, we have children, we have grandchildren. The hurt, yes, we can take it, we're in the public eye, we're public servants. But for our grandkids to go through that, it was rough. It was rough," the educator emphasized. "It was heartbreaking, and that's why Joe had to decide to get out, because he had lost the support of the Democratic Party."

"And there were lots of friends that we kind of counted on, that we knew for 50 years — 50..." Jill continued, sparking Ana Navarro to ask if Nancy Pelosi ever reached out to her privately.

Jill revealed she never talked to Nancy directly, but the latter did have breakfast with the ex-president.

"It's politics, but you know what, if you've got something to say, come and tell me," Whoopi stated, taking the former first couple's side. "Don't announce it on television. Don't write an op-ed — call me!"

As OK! reported, after Joe was heavily criticized for his debate performance — with even his wife admitting she feared he was having a stroke — big names like the ER alum expressed their doubt over Joe's capabilities.

The Oscar winner claimed that when he recently ran into the former president, Joe didn't recognize him despite them meeting multiple times.

"The Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not the Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden of 2010. He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020," George penned. "He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate."

"The one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can," the father-of-two wrote in his New York Times piece. "We are not going to win in November with this president."