<p>Chris Whipple, the author of President Joe Biden&#8217;s biography, &#8220;The Fight of His Life,&#8221; told CNN on Wednesday that the White House only allowed him to interview Biden through written questions, a requirement the writer said surprised him.</p>
<p>Whipple joined CNN anchor Abby Phillip, Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer, and Vanity Fair correspondent Brian Stelter for a segment on the president&#8217;s apparent mental decline and his future as the Democratic Party&#8217;s nominee. The discussion on CNN aired as Democrats on hold meetings on Capitol Hill to discuss how the party will move forward in the wake of Biden&#8217;s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump and calls for the president to end his re-election campaign.</p>
<p>&#8220;The thing to understand here is the DNA of this White House is controlling the narrative,&#8221; Whipple said. &#8220;And I can tell you having written a book about it that this White House is the most battened-down, buttoned-up, scripted White House in modern history.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So while I was able to interview in real-time almost all of Joe Biden&#8217;s inner circle, when it came to Biden himself, the deal was written answers to written questions,&#8221; Whipple added. &#8220;I&#8217;d never heard of that before.&#8221;</p>
<p>Phillip asked Whipple if that requirement raised a &#8220;red flag&#8221; for him.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, you can look at it in two ways,&#8221; Whipple replied. &#8220;This is obviously a White House either with something to hide or just obsessed with controlling the narrative.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a little bit surprising, a little stunning &#8230; you&#8217;re writing a biography of the president and he wouldn&#8217;t talk to you over the phone, over Zoom, anything like that,&#8221; Phillip said.</p>
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<p>Whipple&#8217;s biography of Biden was published in early 2023, well before Democrats and the legacy media began to question the president&#8217;s physical and mental capabilities. Whipple&#8217;s latest revelation seems to contradict the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fight-His-Life-Inside-Bidens/dp/1982106433" target="_blank" rel="noopener">synopsis</a> of &#8220;The Fight of His Life&#8221; on Amazon, which states that the author had &#8220;remarkable access to both President Biden and his inner circle.&#8221;</p>
<p>Whipple is also known for his book &#8220;The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency,&#8221; which detailed the inside baseball of administrations from Reagan to Trump.</p>
<p>The author dropped another revelation during his segment on CNN, saying that &#8220;one of the president&#8217;s closest friends thinks that Joe Biden should go up to Walter Reed [Medical Center], have a complete neurological exam, release the results, and let the chips fall.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that friend has said this out loud to Joe Biden,&#8221; Whipple added. &#8220;Because that&#8217;s a hard thing for a close friend to tell him.&#8221;</p>

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