The former president and actor have been friends for more than 15 years and have known each other for decades.

At a June 2024 fundraiser for the Biden presidential campaign, Joe Biden did not recognize longtime friend George Clooney. In the new book “Original Sin,” excerpted in The New Yorker, CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson tell the story of the Biden White House’s ultimately failed attempt to control the story around his advanced