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{{Short description|Internet meme related to Joe Biden}}
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''Joever'' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|oʊ|.|v|ər}} {{respell|JOH|vər}}){{ref|a}} is a [[Colloquialism|colloquialism]] and [[internet meme]] related to the [[Presidency of Joe Biden]] which has been used humorously to refer to the debate around his age and [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election]]. A [[Blend word|portmanteau]] of ''Joe'' and ''over'', the word was coined by an anonymous [[4chan|4Chan]] user in 2020 before widespread use by social media users and several news publications.
Though originally created for use in direct relation to Biden, journalist Dani Di Placido stated in ''[[Forbes]]'' that "the phrase has spread far beyond its original context, used by random social media commentators, [[YouTuber|YouTubers]] and [[Video game livestreaming|streamers]], many of whom are not political in the slightest...the phrase is used in response to a social media user who really shouldn't have posted that."<ref name="Forbes">DI Placido, Dani. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/07/21/joe-bidens-its-joever-meme-explained/ ''Joe Biden’s ‘It’s Joever’ Meme, Explained'']. Published July 21, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024. </ref>
== Background ==
In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] won the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for [[President of the United States|President of the United States of America]] following the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>Miller, Zeke. [https://apnews.com/article/biden-presumptive-nominee-election-president-democrat-63b66006d4bc45354343228e323e3baa "President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination"]. AP News. Published March 12, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> He would go on to defeat incumbent [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 Presidential Election]].<ref>Collinson, Stephen and Reston, Maeve. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/07/politics/joe-biden-wins-us-presidential-election/index.html "Biden defeats Trump in an election he made about character of the nation and the President"]. CNN. Published November 7, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> When inaugurated in 2021, Biden was 78 years-old, making him the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|oldest person ever elected president]].<ref>Baker, Pete et. al [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/us/politics/biden-president-age-2024.html "Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America’s Oldest President"]. The New York Times. Published June 4, 2023. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> During his campaign, as well as his presidency, Biden's age and [[Cognitive skill|cognitive abilities]] were scrutinized by critics and the media. Trump, Biden's opponent in both the 2020 and 2024 presidential race, coined the title [[Sleepy Joe (nickname)|Sleepy Joe]] to deprecate Biden.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.psypost.org/2022/03/study-indicates-that-donald-trumps-sleepy-joe-nickname-for-biden-was-only-effective-among-trumps-supporters-62783|title=Study indicates that Donald Trump's 'Sleepy Joe' nickname for Biden was only effective among Trump's supporters|first=Emily|last=Manis|website=PsyPost|date=2022-03-25|access-date=2022-10-03}}</ref>
== Origin and etymology ==
On October 14, 2020, a user on the anonymous imageboard website [[4chan|4Chan]] uploaded a photograph of Biden with overlayed text reading "IT'S JOEVER".<ref>Link to the original post on [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/282673099/ 4Chan]. Published October 14, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> The photograph used in the meme was taken by photographer Win McNamee at the [[International Association of Fire Fighters|International Association Of Fire Fighters]] conference on March 12, 2019,<ref>Link to the photograph on [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/former-u-s-vice-president-joe-biden-speaks-at-the-news-photo/1135333353 Gettyimages]. Published March 12, 2019. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> where Biden was a featured speaker.<ref>Detrow, Scott. [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702530602/biden-speaks-to-chants-of-run-joe-run-as-2020-decision-nears "Biden Speaks To Chants Of 'Run, Joe, Run' As 2020 Decision Nears"]. NPR. Published March 12, 2019. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> The meme was posted to 4Chan's [[/pol/]] discussion imageboard without an attached caption. Shortly after being posted, the meme was shared across /pol/ by users mocking Biden.
The word ''Joever'' is a portmanteau of ''Joe'' and ''over'', with "Joe" being the common [[hypocorism]] of Joseph, Biden's first name. Biden often used "Joe" instead of "Joseph" when referring to himself, and the hypocorism was often used by [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|his campaign]].
== Growth and use in media ==
In 2022, the began to be spread around [[Twitter]] following Biden's announcement that the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Pandemic]] was over. An alternate version of the meme, which included an overlayed photograph of [[Barack Obama]] alongside Biden and the text "WE'RE BARACK" (a pun on "we're back"), was created by user @sirDangel in April 2023<ref>Link to the original post on [https://x.com/sirDangel/status/1648692761250365442 Twitter]. Published April 19, 2023. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> and quickly went viral.
Following Biden's performance in 2024's [[2024 United States presidential debates|first presidential debate]], the internet's use of ''Joever'' increased significantly according to [[Google Trends]].<ref>[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&geo=US&q=joever&hl=en Google Trends data for the past 90 days for the phrase "joever"]. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> The first major media outlet to use the word was [[The Washington Post]] in a piece titled "JOE-VER’: Trump team gloats over debate it views as knockout" the day after the debate.<ref>Knowles, Hannah et. al [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/trump-debate-biden-reaction/ "JOE-VER’: Trump team gloats over debate it views as knockout"]. The Washington Post. Published June 28, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> An opinion piece in [[The Philippine Star]] by Tony Lopez titled "When it’s Joever, President [[Michelle Obama]]" was published two weeks after.<ref>Lopez, Tony. [https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/07/09/2368695/when-its-joever-president-michelle-obama "When it’s Joever, President Michelle Obama"]. ''PhilStar'' Global. Published July 9, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> Publications such as ''[[MarketWatch]]''<ref>Arends, Brett. [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-it-joe-ver-for-biden-its-now-up-to-the-donors-a493d737 "Is it ‘Joe-ver’ for Biden? It could be donors’ call"]. Published July 3, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> and ''[[Splinter News|Splinter]]''<ref>Weindling, Jacob. [https://www.splinter.com/after-one-of-the-wildest-weeks-in-american-history-it-really-might-be-joever "After One of the Wildest Weeks in American History, It Really Might Be Joever"]. ''Splinter''. Published July 18, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> would also publish opinion pieces before Biden's withdrawal announcement.
Following [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|Biden's withdrawal from the presidential election]] on July 21, 2024, the word's internet usage spiked again, and several major media outlets including ''[[GQ]]''<ref>Black, Chris. [https://www.gq.com/story/joe-biden-stands-down-now-that-its-joever-are-the-democrats-back "Joe Biden Stands Down: Now That It’s Joever, Are the Democrats Back?"] ''Forbes''. Published July 22, 2024. Accessed July 22, 2024.</ref> and ''[[Forbes]]''<ref name="Forbes"/> published articles both using the word and explaining its meaning. A website, ''isitjoever.com'', created by programmer Derik Kauffman was created to humorously track the likelihood of Biden's withdrawal from the online betting website Manifold, with "all Joever" being his complete withdrawal.<ref>[https://isitjoever.com/ Link to the website "isitjoever.com"] Accessed July 22, 2024. </ref><ref name="Forbes"/>
==Notes==
:1.{{note|a}}Though sometimes written as ''Joe-ver'', the original meme spells it without a hyphen.
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