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2025-05-13 Home Front: Politix

Biden aides discussed wheelchair use if he were re-elected, new book says

[AXIOS] This story is adapted from the forthcoming book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.

Joe Biden's physical deterioration was so severe in 2023 and 2024 that advisers privately discussed the possibility he'd need to use a wheelchair if he won re-election, CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson write in their new book, "Original Sin," out May 20.

Why it matters: The discussions reflected the extent of the president's declining health — particularly the significant degeneration of his spine — and his aides' alarm over it as Biden sought a second term at age 81.

The conversations also reveal the White House's determination to conceal the reality of Biden's condition, at the risk of his own health, while he faced a tough re-election bid against Donald Trump.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-13 12:09|| || Front Page|| [77 views ] Top

#1 Senior Democrats have turned on Joe Biden in a bombshell new book claiming to expose the shocking full extent of his decline.

Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-13 17:19|| 2025-05-13 17:19|| Front Page Top

#2 There have been a slew of articles in recent years about the special senior citizen sneakers President Biden took to wearing wearing instead of the customary leather lace-up dress shoes. See here for one.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-05-13 22:50|| 2025-05-13 22:50|| Front Page Top

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