Jason Isbell Performs Real, Biden-Focused Fox News Headlines on ‘Daily Show’

Jason Isbell turned Fox News’ hyperbolic headlines into song on Thursday (Feb. 29) for a hilarious segment on The Daily Show.

In a clip posted to Instagram, the singer is seen playing an acoustic guitar and singing various headlines focusing on President Joe Biden.

“Blue Collar Joe Appears With Backwards Hat / Biden Appears to Call Iowa Voter ‘Fat,’” Isbell sang, with the real headlines appearing next to him as he performed them. “Biden Refers to Trump as a Sitting President / Biden Collides With Flagpole at U.N. Event.”

Other headline highlights include “Biden Bizarrely Gives Jill a Dandelion,” “Peloton White House Security Risk?,” “Biden Has Not Addressed UFOs in 9 Days” and “Biden Trips While Boarding Air Force One Again,” among others.

Watch the full segment here.

It was announced earlier this year that Jon Stewart would be returning to host the show on Mondays through the 2024 presidential election and take on the role of executive producer full-time on the program. He originally hosted the series from 1999 to 2015, before Trevor Noah replaced him. Noah announced in 2022 that he’d be departing the show.

Isbell appeared on the show last week, where he talked about making music. “Most of my songs are complaints, at the end of the day,” he said. “I look at it like a huge field full of rocks and everything you need is under one of those rocks. And it might be under the first rock you pick up. But you might have to pick up a million of them. But if you just keep trying things, eventually you’ll get there.”