Health decline to wheelchair use: 10 bombshell claims about Joe Biden in new book
With the 2024 election cycle still fresh in political memory, CNN journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book pulls back the curtain on the ageing president Joe Biden's final days in power and a party in crisis
Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again hits shelves on 20 May, but early revelations already exposed how far senior White House aides went to shield Biden's health decline from the public.
Based on over 200 interviews, largely with Democratic insiders, the book lays bare the backstage chaos and desperate attempts to keep Biden's re-election campaign alive.
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