Yet Republicans are eagerly turning the issue of Biden’s pardons into a political football, even if they lack the authority to do anything about them. James Comer, GOP chair of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed that he will launch an investigation while Ed Martin, Trump’s new pardons attorney, has promised the same.

I’m truly sorry that Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. But the Biden news that’s been dominating headlines, exciting columnists, lighting up social media, and grinding up endless podcast hours has been something else: a so-called “cover-up” of the extent of Biden’s declining cognition before he resigned.

The call comes as some in Congress consider investigating the years of false claims that Biden was mentally and physically healthy despite clear evidence to the contrary.

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.

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

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,

Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis has sparked a political firestorm, fueling allegations of cover-ups and framing his presidency as a cautionary tale. Explore how his health crisis intersects with revelations from the book 'Original Sin' and impacts the 2024 elections.

The criticism, and self-criticism, comes as a new book — “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson — blames Democrats’ defeat in large part on Biden’s aides who, it asserts, hid the extent of his decline.

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,