New book alleges Biden aides hid his decline

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New book alleges Biden aides hid his decline

Former President Joe Biden is accompanied by elder advisor Mike Donilon (L) and Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed past April. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Former President Joe Biden is accompanied by elder advisor Mike Donilon (L) and Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed past April.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Joe Biden has shape 4 metastatic prostate cancer.

The erstwhile president made that announcement Sunday afternoon. It came conscionable days earlier nan publication of "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

An explosive book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. Original Sin chronicles what nan authors opportunity was Biden's steep beingness and cognitive decline.

Joe Biden many times insisted he was tin of serving a 2nd term. "Original Sin" argues his advisors and his family went to awesome lengths to hide that he wasn't.

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