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Fox News
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Biden's granddaughter rebukes new book on former president's decline as 'smut' for pundits
Naomi Biden, Joe Biden's granddaughter, delivered a scathing rebuke to a new book coming out about the former president and the cover-up of his decline while in office, calling it "political fairy smut." "Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class. The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do. Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck," Naomi Biden, Hunter Biden's daughter, wrote. "It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare. All of this at the expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all. There are real stories to be told and one day they will be. I suspect history will reward the truth," Biden continued. The book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," was released on Tuesday and authored by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson. The former president's office revealed on Sunday that Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Excerpts from the book revealed Biden's aides privately discussed the possibility of the president needing to use a wheelchair if he were re-elected in the 2024 race, as his physical deterioration spiraled in 2023 and 2024. A common thread throughout the book is that Biden's declining state was concealed by his inner circle from the public during his second term. "Biden's physical deterioration — most apparent in his halting walk — had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn't do so until after the election," the book reads. "Given Biden's age, (his physician Kevin O'Connor) also privately said that if he had another bad fall, a wheelchair might be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery." Tapper and Thompson also reported that Biden did not recognize Hollywood icon George Clooney, a prominent Democratic donor, while attending a star-studded L.A. fundraiser last year. But the fever pitch to push him out of the race didn't begin until after his dismal debate with Trump last June that sent the party into a full-blown panic. The book also quotes David Plouffe, a senior advisor to former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign, blaming Biden for their failed attempt to beat Trump. "He totally f---ed us," Plouffe said. Representatives of the Tapper-Thompson book did not immediately return a request for comment.
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
‘Smut': Joe Biden's granddaughter flames Jake Tapper's just-out book on former president's hidden decline (cloned)
Joe Biden's granddaughter took to X Monday evening to slam CNN journalist Jake Tapper's leaked book on the former president's reported hidden physical and mental decline in the White House as 'political fairy smut.' 'Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class,' Naomi Biden posted about Tapper's book, co-authored with Axios reporter Alex Thompson, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. The book is officially due out Tuesday, but has been widely leaked. 'Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck. It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare.' She rips it as 'all [at the] expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all.' Tapper and Thompson have come under fierce criticism for profiting from Biden's hidden struggles as he served as president, which they should have known about – and reported – at the time. The book is being released just as tragic news emerges about Biden's aggressive cancer, raising questions about how doctors could have missed it when he was still in the White House, and triggering conspiracy theories that it, too, was covered up. The book reveals damning allegations about Biden's mental and physical decline while in office in 2023 and 2024, which aides reportedly helped him hide from the public, before he launched another bid for the presidency. It includes accounts of startling instances of Biden's reported mental decline, including times when he failed to recognize actor and pal George Cluny, as well as other close friends and colleagues. That was eventually followed by a befuddled presidential debate against Donald Trump. As for Biden's 'physical deterioration — most apparent in his halting walk,' it had become 'so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn't do so until after the election,' Tapper and Thompson write in the book. Biden's spokesperson Chris Meagher said that he was 'still waiting for someone, anyone, to point out where Joe Biden had to make a presidential decision or make a presidential address where he was unable to do his job because of mental decline.' He added: 'In fact, the evidence points to the opposite — he was a very effective president.' The authors could not immediately be reached for comment.
