Biden aides allegedly fretted then-president would need wheelchair if re-elected, new book reveals

Former President Joe Biden's aides privately discussed the anticipation of the president needing to usage a wheelchair if helium were re-elected successful the 2024 race, arsenic his carnal deterioration spiraled successful 2023 and 2024, a caller publication claims. 

"Biden's carnal deterioration — astir evident successful his halting locomotion — had go truthful terrible that determination were interior discussions astir putting the president successful a wheelchair, but they couldn't bash truthful until aft the election," an upcoming publication called "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" states. 

CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios newsman Alex Thompson authored the upcoming book, which is acceptable to beryllium released Tuesday and is conscionable the latest successful a bid of caller governmental books detailing the unprecedented 2024 statesmanlike election, wherever calls mounted for Biden's exit owed to concerns implicit his intelligence acuity and age. 

"Given Biden's age, (his doc Kevin O'Connor) besides privately said that if helium had different atrocious fall, a wheelchair mightiness beryllium indispensable for what could beryllium a hard recovery," the authors wrote. 

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Then-President Joe Biden is helped up aft falling during the graduation ceremonial astatine the United States Air Force Academy, conscionable northbound of Colorado Springs successful El Paso County, Colorado, connected June 1, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Concerns implicit Biden's carnal agility worsened successful June 2023, erstwhile the president tripped implicit a sandbag astatine the Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony, Axios reported. 

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"He’s fine. There was a sandbag connected signifier portion helium was shaking hands," a White House authoritative posted to X astatine the time, portion critics of the president denounced the autumn arsenic "sad" and an illustration of "elder abuse" of the president. 

Biden's aides worked to make shorter walking paths for the president — and insisted that helium usage handrails portion walking connected staircases and deterioration sneakers — and took much attraction successful guiding him portion successful nationalist arsenic the 2024 run rhythm heated up, Axios reported of the book. 

Then-President Joe Biden trips and falls anterior to his remarks connected Israel successful Philadelphia connected Oct. 13, 2023. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Biden's intelligence acuity had been nether conservatives' microscope since earlier the 2020 election, with concerns heightening successful February 2024 erstwhile peculiar counsel Robert Hur, who was investigating Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents arsenic vice president, announced helium would not urge transgression charges against Biden for possessing classified materials aft his vice presidency, calling Biden "a sympathetic, well-meaning, aged antheral with a mediocre memory." 

President Joe Biden dropped retired of the 2024 statesmanlike contention successful July arsenic concerns mounted astir his intelligence acuity. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)

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Concern implicit his intelligence acuity deed a fever transportation successful June 2024, erstwhile Biden took the statement signifier to look disconnected against then-Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump. Biden's statement show was seen arsenic a failure, with accepted allies soon joining conservatives successful their interest implicit the president's wellness successful the discourse of encouraging Biden to walk the mantle to a younger procreation of U.S. leaders. 

Biden dropped retired astatine the extremity of July 2024, giving his successor for the nomination, erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris, conscionable implicit 100 days to rally support. Trump and Vice President JD Vance secured the predetermination triumph aft locking down enactment successful the apical 7 battleground states. 

Then-President Joe Biden's statement against then-former President Donald Trump successful 2024 opened the floodgates to criticisms implicit his intelligence acuity. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images | Andrew Caballerro-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images )

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A Biden spokesperson told Axios erstwhile asked astir the claims successful the upcoming publication that, "Yes, determination were carnal changes arsenic helium got older, but grounds of aging is not grounds of intelligence incapacity."

The spokesperson defended that Biden's "stiffened gait" seen portion helium was successful bureau was owed "in part, by deterioration and teardrop to his spine — but that nary peculiar attraction was indispensable and that it had not worsened."

Former President Joe Biden, halfway left, has faced a fistful of claims successful caller books regarding interior White House concerns implicit his intelligence acuity. (Alex Brandon/AP)

"We are inactive waiting for someone, anyone, to constituent retired wherever Joe Biden had to marque a statesmanlike determination oregon marque a statesmanlike code wherever helium was incapable to bash his occupation due to the fact that of intelligence decline. In fact, the grounds points to the other — helium was a precise effectual president," the unidentified spokesperson told Fox Digital. 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Biden's bureau Tuesday greeting for further remark connected the substance but did not instantly person a reply.