Definitely makes you wonder how far Biden has declined. Is he forgetting who his family members are?
My MIL recently passed and had dementia. Liver cancer did her in, but she had dementia as well for a decade (or more?) She could tell stories all day about the past, but her present was just a jumbled mess. Remember things like which holes my wife birdied in the HS State Golf Tournament 30 years ago but would forget her name standing right in front of her.
My mother experienced the exact same things that you describe. It seemed that mom’s memory was moving backwards. Things from 30-40 years ago, to her, seemed like they just happened. It took about 6-9 months to go from memory issues to not recognizing family.
Just how bad is Joey? I assume that your MIL and my mom did not have the benefits of the MASSIVE DRUG COCKTAIL Joey is getting on a regular basis. Without the drugs JOEY IS GONE. With the drugs, I would say he is damn near gone.