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The episode reported that the book alleged White House staff had hidden President Biden's worsening health while he was in office and described his decision to run again as disastrous, citing interviews with people close to him. The coauthor was quoted as saying internal accounts contradicted the public narrative.
Episode: NPR News: 05-20-2025 9AM EDT
The book alleged that White House staff had concealed President Biden's deteriorating health while he was in office.
A new book is alleging that White House staff concealed the declining health of former President Biden when he was in office. The book is called Original Sin, President Biden's decline, its cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again. Biden's team had told many that the then president was doing well, but the book's coauthor, Alex Thompson of Axios, says interviews with other people close to Biden told a different story.