Exposé Reveals Frantic Efforts to Conceal Biden’s Cognitive Decline Before 2024 Election

In a revealing exposé on Fox News Sunday, Alex Thompson, co-author of the new book Original Sin, pulled back the curtain on what he describes as a deliberate campaign within former President Joe Biden’s inner circle to mask his cognitive decline in the lead-up to the 2024 election. Top aides, including former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, former Chief of Staff Ron Klain, and then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, repeatedly described Biden as “sharp” and “engaged.” Yet, Thompson asserts, these claims were far from the truth.

Behind closed doors, a different reality unfolded. Throughout 2023 and 2024, efforts intensified to shield Biden not only from public scrutiny but even from his own senior staff and cabinet members. One former White House official, who left in 2024, confided to Thompson that discomfort with this secrecy contributed to their departure. The charade unraveled spectacularly during Biden’s June 2024 debate against Donald Trump, where his faltering performance stunned millions, exposing what Thompson says was not an isolated incident but a recurring pattern. Tapes from the Robert Hur investigation further corroborate this, revealing moments of what Thompson calls “debate Biden”—a stark contrast to the curated image of vitality.

Thompson criticized the media for failing to challenge the narrative, noting that Jean-Pierre dismissed concerns as “cheap fakes” propagated by critics. The book, he argues, lays bare the frantic measures taken to conceal Biden’s decline, raising questions about transparency and accountability in leadership.