“Well, I just had a bad night,” Biden said in response. When pressed further, Biden says he was sick with "a really bad cold.” More: How old is President Joe Biden?

President Joe Biden blames poor performance on 'really bad cold' in first TV interview since debate. He also said the bad debate was "nobody's fault but mine." By Raechal Shewfelt.

President Biden said during an interview on ABC Friday night that he was suffering from a “really bad cold” in the days leading up to his damaging debate performance last week.

Pope Francis has a bad cold and has opted to skip speeches he was set to deliver Thursday to visiting groups of priests and scientists, the Vatican said.. Francis, 86, did meet with young Orthodox ...