Reporters Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper claimed their book proves the Biden administration worked to “increasingly” shield the public from former President Joe Biden’s mental decline. Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline,

Biden was treated for a blood clot in his lung in 1988, per The Washington Post. The clot came one month after the then-senator underwent emergency surgery for the first aneurysm. At the time, bed rest following the surgery was thought to have led to the subsequent clot.

Lemon launched a furious broadside at colleagues in the press still covering former Biden's 2024 campaign while failing to hold the current president.

Biden’s alarming comments came during a speech about emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Claymont, Del., and which he appeared to blame for his cancer.

Those who have read “Original Sin” say that it does not contain any bombshells. What it offers is a detailed account of the systematic effort by family and advisors to conceal the truth from the American people, and calls out the cowardly Democratic leaders who knew Biden was not up to a second term but were afraid to cross him.

Democrats are trying to move beyond Joe Biden, but continued questions about the former president’s cognitive abilities in office are emerging as both a major distraction and a litmus test for their party’s leaders.

Tapper‘s book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” co-authored with Axios reporter Alex Thompson, will be available to purchase on May 20. Just one day ahead of its release, former President Joe Biden’s granddaughter tore into what she called a “silly book.”

On 18 May 2025, former President Joe Biden's office disclosed his diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer, metastasized to the bone, eliciting varied reactions. Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and Donald Trump ally,

New evidence has come to light that several members of former President Joe Biden's staff raised concerns about the former president's health during a trip on Air Force One. According to a new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios Media's Alex Thompson,