Video doesn’t show President Joe Biden sleeping during TV interview

An old clip of President Joe Biden answering a question about his intention to run for reelection in 2024 is recirculating social media with a familiar claim: The video shows him falling asleep. 

"Joe Biden goes to sleep on live TV" reads text above the clip from a Oct. 21, 2022, MSNBC interview. 

In the interview, Biden is asked whether his wife supports him running for reelection. 

Biden nods, and host Jonathan Capehart says, "Mr. President" and then "Oh" as Biden starts to speak.

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"Dr. Biden thinks that — my wife thinks that — that we’re doing something very important," Biden says. 

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Biden looks down during the interview, but he doesn’t fall asleep, as the post claims. 

We rate that claim False.