Donald Trump Jr. has questions about the timing of President Joe Biden&#8217;s cancer announcement.
The president&#8217;s son shared a <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1924201945931079806" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> wishing Biden a speedy recovery. But Trump Jr. isn&#8217;t shying away from pondering the timing of the revelation, which came Sunday evening — two days ahead of the publication of &#8220;Original Sin,&#8221; Jake Tapper&#8217;s and Alex Thompson&#8217;s expose of &#8220;President Biden&#8217;s Decline, It&#8217;s Cover Up, And His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.&#8221;
&#8220;Based on what I’m seeing from other doctors, who understand it’s very hard to get to stage four metastatic cancer in a few weeks,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire in a text message on Monday morning. &#8220;People who die of prostate cancer, which can be incredibly aggressive, are usually those who either choose not to, or don’t have the access for these kinds of screenings, but apparently it takes 5 to 7 years to get to this point.&#8221;
Biden had access to the &#8220;finest healthcare available,&#8221; Trump Jr. noted, so it&#8217;s surprising that these health officials couldn&#8217;t detect his cancer for so long.
&#8220;The fact that it breaks this week that he has it and we are told we’re not allowed to talk about anything Joe Biden right now because that would be uncouth screams to me to be an additional part of this cover-up,&#8221; the presidents son continued, adding: &#8220;Who knew who was actually running the government.&#8221;
He pointed to messaging from Biden supporters like David Axelrod, who <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/18/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-00356411" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN on Sunday</a> that discussions of Biden&#8217;s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”
Trump Jr. has also what Biden&#8217;s wife, Jill Biden, knew about the former president&#8217;s diagnosis. The post quickly went viral, garnering over 30 thousand likes.
&#8220;What I want to know,&#8221; he tweeted, &#8220;is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???&#8221;
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What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup??? <a href="https://t.co/fSqtDmcX4p" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/fSqtDmcX4p</a>
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1924250965965709808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Office of Joe and Jill Biden announced the former president&#8217;s diagnosis on Sunday, sharing that he &#8220;was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,” the statement continues. “The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
The former president had a polyp removed from his colon in 2021. At the time, White House physician Kevin O&#8217;Connor said the polyp was benign but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that did not require further action. Biden had a similar polyp removed from his colon in 2008.
“Routine surveillance is recommended for this finding,” O’Connor wrote to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in a 2021 letter. “Typically, repeat colonoscopy in 7 to 10 years is recommended.”
The median survival rate for prostate cancer that metastasized to the bone is 21 months, <a href="https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/where-prostate-cancer-spreads-body-affects-survival-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Duke University.
The Daily Wire asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday morning whether it is interested in further scrutiny of O&#8217;Connor, given the ongoing revelations about Biden&#8217;s declining mental acuity and the coverup of that decline by both his staff and the legacy media.
“I&#8217;ll let the president speak on that,&#8221; Leavitt responded. &#8220;I spoke to the president about the former President&#8217;s health diagnosis last night, and he wanted to extend his warmest wishes to the former president and his family. But as for any further action, I&#8217;ll let the president speak on that first.”

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Vice President JD Vance on Monday raised questions about former President Joe Biden&#8217;s past fitness for office in light of the recent announcement that Biden has aggressive prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.
Vance targeted people in Biden&#8217;s inner circle, who have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-raise-questions-about-timing-of-biden-cancer-diagnosis-unbelievable-this-was-missed?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Doctors+Raise+Questions+About+Timing+Of+Biden+Cancer+Diagnosis%3A+‘Unbelievable+This+Was+Missed’" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of</a> covering up the former president&#8217;s mental and physical decline from the public, and asked why the American people did not have a &#8220;better sense&#8221; of Biden&#8217;s welfare.
&#8220;We wish the best for the former president&#8217;s health, and it sounds pretty serious, but hopefully he makes the right recovery,&#8221; Vance told reporters. 
&#8220;I will say, whether the right time to have this conversation is now, or at some point in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job.&#8221;
The VP then suggested that doctors or staffers helped keep the truth from the American public.
&#8220;You can separate the desire for him to have the right health outcome, with the recognition that whether it was doctors, or whether there were staffers around the former president &#8212; I don&#8217;t think he was able to do a good job for the American people,&#8221; Vance said.
 &#8220;And that&#8217;s not politics, that&#8217;s not because I disagreed with him on policy, that&#8217;s because I don&#8217;t think that he was in good enough health.&#8221;
&#8220;In some ways, I blame him less than I blame the people around him,&#8221; the VP said of Biden. 
&#8220;Why didn&#8217;t the American people have a better sense of his health picture? Why didn&#8217;t the American people have more accurate information about what he was actually dealing with?&#8221; Vance posed. 
&#8220;This is serious stuff. This is the guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world&#8217;s largest nuclear arsenal,&#8221; Vance continued. &#8220;This is not child&#8217;s play. We can pray for good health, but also recognize that if you&#8217;re not in good enough health to do the job, you shouldn&#8217;t do the job.&#8221; 
Biden&#8217;s cancer announcement comes on the heels of major buzz over the forthcoming book “Original Sin,&#8221; which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the physical and cognitive decline of Biden while in the White House.
For example, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-outlets-say-biden-book-is-full-of-bombshells-heres-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the book details</a> how some staffers thought Biden might need a wheelchair, and how the former president was sometimes unable to recognize friends and staffers. Meanwhile, the White House routinely stated how sharp Biden was and suggested anyone who criticized him was engaging in misinformation.
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JD Vance takes shots at Biden and the &#8220;people around him.&#8221;
“This is not child&#8217;s play. We can pray for good health, but also recognize that if you’re not in good enough health to do the job, you shouldn’t be doing the job.” <a href="https://t.co/QW1Jsui9iq">pic.twitter.com/QW1Jsui9iq</a>
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1924464823191957516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, the day after it had been revealed that he is suffering from stage four prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, former President Joe Biden released a public statement on social media.
Posting a picture of himself smiling with his wife Jill holding their cat, Biden wrote, “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”
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Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support. <a href="https://t.co/oSS1vGIiwU">pic.twitter.com/oSS1vGIiwU</a>
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On Sunday, Biden’s office released a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, saying:
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Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone. While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. &#8230; The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.
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The revelation that Biden’s cancer had metastasized to such a serious phase but had not been previously reported catalyzed controversy on Sunday.
“Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer,” former White House physician and current Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-TX), wrote on X. “Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than providing world class medical care.”
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Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer. Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than…
&mdash; Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonnyJacksonTX/status/1924215049406578936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Steven Quay, a former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Pathology Department, <a href="https://x.com/quay_dr/status/1924208125349171299">wrote</a> on X, “For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic. Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025. It is highly likely he was carrying a diagnosis of prostate cancer throughout his White House tenure and the American people were uninformed.”
“It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice President, and President could not have undergone routine blood tests that included PSA,” Quay continued.  “I repeat my belief that it would be malpractice to not test PSA in a male U.S. President. &#8230; Yes, there are less than 5% of patients who can present with metastatic disease without primary indications via the PSA but … Come on, Man!!”
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Health care policies related to screening guidelines are designed for populations, often millions of people, with respect to a particular screening test. They take into account healthcare cost, downstream practises, etc. It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice… <a href="https://t.co/dleeJqocsn">https://t.co/dleeJqocsn</a>
&mdash; Dr Steven Quay (@quay_dr) <a href="https://twitter.com/quay_dr/status/1924259379089641786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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If Biden had been forced to leave office because of his cancer, former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was suspected of not being a favorite of Biden’s wife, Jill, would have succeeded him.
After the June 2019 Democratic presidential candidate debate, when then-Senator Kamala Harris attacked Joe Biden over his position on desegregation insinuating that he was a racist, Jill Biden, speaking to close supporters, reportedly furiously attacked Harris, snapping, “With what he cares about, what he fights for, what he’s committed to, you get up there and call him a racist without basis? Go f*** yourself.”
The story of Jill Biden’s alleged irate response to Harris’s insinuation came from Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer for The Atlantic, as reported by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/19/edward-isaac-dovere-2020-campaign-book-excerpt-joe-biden-kamala-harris-489347?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=0000016a-25a3-d780-abea-b7ff639f0000&amp;nlid=630318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.
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‘We Are Strongest In The Broken Places’: Biden Posts Statement On His Cancer

With just days to go before the release of &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; — a book exploring former President Joe Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive decline from Jake Tapper (CNN) and Alex Thompson (Axios) — everyone on the Sunday political shows was talking about Biden, who knew what, and when they knew it.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
If one were to simply watch those interviews cold, not having lived through four years of a Biden presidency or seen dozens of speeches and interviews even from midway through his single term, one might be inclined to believe the pundits and elected Democrats when they insisted that Biden was absolutely fine at least until his disaster of a televised debate with President Donald Trump — and, according to at least one, he might even still be fine.
But Democrats and pundits said those things to an audience made up of Americans who did watch Biden as he repeatedly got lost on stage, tripped up the stairs of Air Force One, alternately shouted and whispered at awkward times, and lost his train of thought on a regular basis. Still, they committed to the narrative — Biden was definitely at his best until maybe the debate, and there was no reason for anyone to suggest otherwise or believe that anyone was covering up Biden&#8217;s condition.
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Rep. Ro Khanna insisted that there was no cover-up, but also said that the people who had been closest to President Biden during the last year or so of his presidency owed the American people &#8220;an explanation — but he did not clarify why they needed to explain if they were not covering anything up.
&#8220;It’s painfully obvious President Biden should not have run,&#8221; Khanna said.
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“It’s painfully obvious President Biden should not have run.”
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said there wasn&#8217;t a cover-up of former Pres. Biden mental fitness ahead of the 2024 election, but added those close to Biden and his advisers “owe an explanation.” <a href="https://t.co/MTbOVJxR88">https://t.co/MTbOVJxR88</a> <a href="https://t.co/9UJQqpL4gF">pic.twitter.com/9UJQqpL4gF</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1924122551883645008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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During a panel discussion later on in the broadcast, former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile claimed that since she had lost a step or two with age, it was totally fine for the same thing to have happened to Biden.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to stick by Joe Biden. And look, we all — I don&#8217;t have the pep in my step that I used to have,&#8221; she said.
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On questions of former Pres. Biden’s mental fitness ahead of the 2024 election, former DNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> says, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to stick by Joe Biden. And look, we all — I don&#8217;t have the pep in my step that I used to have.”<a href="https://t.co/KJmZwLyqkW">https://t.co/KJmZwLyqkW</a> <a href="https://t.co/yPGHteC3gZ">pic.twitter.com/yPGHteC3gZ</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1924134592497271104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pushed back, noting that conservatives had been repeatedly mocked and gaslighted — not to mention shut down by legacy media hosts — when they stated the obvious about the president&#8217;s declining faculties.
&#8220;People were put to shame — me and others out there — that talked about Joe Biden&#8217;s mental acuity &#8230; The fact is they were managing his decline in a nursing home in the White House,&#8221; he said.
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Former RNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/Reince?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reince</a> Priebus: &#8220;People were put to shame — me and others out there — that talked about Joe Biden&#8217;s mental acuity &#8230; The fact is they were managing his decline in a nursing home in the White House.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/mEq24OQYpx">https://t.co/mEq24OQYpx</a> <a href="https://t.co/glQtYP9iwY">pic.twitter.com/glQtYP9iwY</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1924136867680735338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) took time out from defending criminal illegal alien gang members to address the recently released audio from Biden&#8217;s interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur — which he said shed light on a problem that no one had been aware of at the time.
&#8220;Obviously, if we could redo this tape and play it over again, we would do things differently,&#8221; Van Hollen said. &#8220;I think we can acknowledge that this was a — people overlooked a serious problem or were just not aware.&#8221;
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&#8220;Hindsight is 20/20,&#8221; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says of the audio tapes that have been released of then-President Biden&#8217;s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, highlighting Biden&#8217;s memory lapses at the time.
&#8220;Obviously, if we could redo this tape and play it over again,… <a href="https://t.co/iITJ2PC9aH">pic.twitter.com/iITJ2PC9aH</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1924134615121375425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took a similar approach on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; saying that Democrats might have encouraged Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race sooner if only they had known. Murphy also said that Democrats had been wrong to brush off voters&#8217; concerns about Biden&#8217;s acuity during the 2024 election cycle.
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says that former President Biden should have exited the 2024 race earlier as newly released audio tapes renew concerns over Biden&#8217;s health and fitness while in office. <a href="https://t.co/KU1cqLKcHR">https://t.co/KU1cqLKcHR</a> <a href="https://t.co/mTJHsYG5rI">pic.twitter.com/mTJHsYG5rI</a>
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1924102792177725590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. James Clyburn took things to a whole different level on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; telling anchor Jake Tapper that he wasn&#8217;t even sure Biden would be incapable of serving a second term in the White House.
&#8220;Yes, I thought [he could serve another term] back then. I still think that, but I don&#8217;t know that,&#8221; he said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesClyburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJamesClyburn</a> on whether he still believes President Biden could have served another term: &#8220;Yes, I thought that back then. I still think that, but I don&#8217;t know that.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/hfRtH5REyl">pic.twitter.com/hfRtH5REyl</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1924123561721000190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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As to Biden&#8217;s disastrous debate performance, Clyburn continued to play defense. &#8220;Whether or not that was just an incident or whether that was a condition that was being kept from people, we have no way of knowing which one was true,&#8221; he claimed.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesClyburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJamesClyburn</a> reflects on Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate performance: “Whether or not that was just an incident or whether that was a condition that was being kept from people, we have no way of knowing which one was true.” <a href="https://t.co/Sso7mSltX0">pic.twitter.com/Sso7mSltX0</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1924100037597884572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Van Jones and David Axelrod were less magnanimous to Biden, his White House, and the party that enabled him.
&#8220;There are people who knew and said nothing, and that is a crime against this Republic,&#8221; Jones said.
&#8220;I blame the people around him,&#8221; Axelrod added. &#8220;Real loyalty demanded that they say, &#8216;Mr. President, it&#8217;s just not there and it&#8217;s not in your interest&#8217; [to run again].&#8221;
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Longtime Democratic strategists react to new reporting that top Biden aides hid signs of decline from the public.<a href="https://twitter.com/VanJones68?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VanJones68</a>: &#8220;There are people who knew and said nothing, and that is a crime against this Republic.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidaxelrod</a>: “I blame the people around him&#8230; real loyalty… <a href="https://t.co/Obz2wpk3Jm">pic.twitter.com/Obz2wpk3Jm</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1924101934442569760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Former President Joe Biden is suffering from an “aggressive” form of cancer. Hamas says it is ready to resume talks after massive strikes by Israel, and, as the UK struggles with the effects of mass migration, Britain’s liberal prime minister makes a major reversal.
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<h2>Biden Reveals Cancer Diagnosis Amid Bombshell Reports Of Cognitive Decline</h2>
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Topline: On Sunday, former President Joe Biden’s staff announced that the 82-year-old had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer on the heels of renewed public interest in his physical and mental decline.
A Biden spokesman revealed that an exam last month found a small nodule on his prostate, and further examination revealed it to be an “aggressive” form of cancer and that it has spread to his bones. Prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bones has a <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/prostate-cancer-spread-to-bones#outlook">~33%</a> 5-year survival rate, and the <a href="https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/where-prostate-cancer-spreads-body-affects-survival-time">median life expectancy</a> after diagnosis is 21 months. The one silver lining is that it appears to be “hormone-sensitive,” making it more treatable.
After former President Biden dropped out of the race last summer, Democrat leaders made a concerted effort to shift their focus away from the president and toward Kamala Harris and other prominent, younger lawmakers. But a new book from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson offers explosive details of “President Biden’s decline, its cover-up and his disastrous choice to run again.” The revelations have set Washington ablaze and brought the former president’s decline back into the national conversation.
Remember: The White House spent four years condemning anyone who questioned his cognitive fitness, labeling videos of his mental missteps “cheap fakes” and essentially gaslighting those who said he seemed off. 
According to numerous administration and campaign officials, both on and off the record, Biden’s physical deterioration was so severe that some of his closest advisers believed he would need to use a wheelchair if re-elected. While Biden’s staff routinely assured the American people that behind closed doors, he was running laps around his staff, numerous officials now say that due to his old age, he was limited to a six-hour work window, typically from 10 am to 4 pm, with time often scheduled for naps.
As this new evidence has come to light, Democratic leaders have come out on the record saying Biden never should have run for re-election and that his mental state was clearly compromised. But it’s important to note how different that message is from what we heard from them when he was actually in power:
<blockquote>Former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas: The most difficult part about a meeting with Joe Biden is preparing for it. Because he is sharp, intensely probing and detail oriented and focused.
Former Attorney General Merrick Garland: “I have watched him expertly guide meetings of staff and cabinet members. I could not have more confidence in the president.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “It&#8217;s as good as it&#8217;s been over the years I&#8217;ve been, he&#8217;s fine. All this right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity has declined is wrong.”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D): “He is on the ball. The man knows more than most of us have forgotten.”</blockquote>
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<h2>Israel Launches New Offensive; Hamas Returns To Diplomatic Talks</h2>
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Topline:  Israel forces Hamas back to the bargaining table after a new ground offensive.
In a new operation, <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408548">called</a> Operation Gideon’s Chariots, Israeli troops moved into portions of northern and southern Gaza while the air force launched hundreds of strikes against terrorists. Israel’s objectives have been the same since the war began: to free the hostages and destroy Hamas. Over the weekend, Israel made measurable progress toward both of those goals. According to a Hamas spokesman, the terror group decided to return to the negotiating table without preconditions. 
An Israeli official <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408546">told</a> Israel’s I24 News that talks in Qatar are “intense” but still short of a “breakthrough.” While officials are more optimistic than last week, it’s still unclear if a deal can be reached.” One possible agreement, proposed by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, would secure the release of 10 hostages.  Israeli officials believe 23 of the October 7 hostages that remain in Hamas’ custody are still alive, although there are concerns that three of them are in critical condition. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said he is willing to end the war altogether, but only if Hamas surrenders and Gaza is disarmed. The Israeli official said the delegation in Qatar “won&#8217;t be there forever. If there won&#8217;t be progress shortly, we will progress in the fighting.”
Over the weekend, Israeli planes carried out at least 670 strikes against Hamas terror targets. Dozens of terrorists are <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408532">reportedly</a> dead, and one of those might have been Hamas’ head of military operations, Mohammed Sinwar – the brother of Yahya Sinwar, who led Hamas until Israeli forces killed him in October.
New documents have also shed light on what inspired the October 7 terror attack on Israel that began this war. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-wanted-to-torpedo-israel-saudi-deal-with-oct-7-attacks-documents-reveal-a70ec560">The Wall Street Journal</a> got a peek at the minutes of an October 2, 2023, meeting of Hamas’s political leadership, which show that this attack that had been years in the making, was launched less than a week later to disrupt Israeli-Saudi relations. Israel and Saudi Arabia were close to normalizing relations under the Abraham Accords from President Donald Trump’s first term. According to the minutes, Yahya Sinwar was concerned that normalizing relations between the Saudis and Israelis would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.” So – with Iran’s approval – Hamas launched the attack to “bring about … a strategic shift in the paths and balances of the region with regard to the Palestinian cause.”
In his second term, President Trump has continued to try to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia together. In his recent visit to the Middle East, the president said, “It&#8217;s my fervent hope, wish, and even my dream that Saudi Arabia, a place I have such respect for… will soon be joining the Abraham Accords.”
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<h2>UK&#8217;s Left-Wing Prime Minister Makes An About-Face On Immigration</h2>
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Topline: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a landmark speech in which he attacked mass migration and said his government would significantly reduce it.
At a press conference unveiling his government’s new policy, Prime Minister Starmer said that he wanted to “take back control of our borders,” calling the previous era of mass immigration “squalid.” He blamed the previous Conservative government for the significant increase in immigration since 2021, which saw net migration quadruple. In 2023, migration was more than 1 million, which is nearly the same size as Birmingham, the second-largest city in the country. Starner called this a “one-nation experiment in open borders,” warning that Britain risked becoming an “island of strangers.” 
“When you have an immigration system that seems designed to permit abuse, bring in lower paid workers, sold by politicians on a false premise, then you are not championing growth or justice!” Starmer said. “You&#8217;re actually contributing to the forces that are slowly pulling our country apart.”
Although he praised diversity and described migration as part of “Britain’s story,” Starmer said that immigrants should commit to integrating, including learning English. He also extended the period required to apply for permanent settlement from five years to 10.
“That will reassure a lot of people who were worried that the millions of low-skilled immigrants who have come here in the last few years would soon be eligible for settlement, at which point they could fully access the welfare state,” Guy Dampier of the Prosperity Institute told The Daily Wire. “Immigration policy in Britain has been dominated for the last few decades by the idea that immigration was good for the economy and that it was only illegal immigration which was the problem. So this is a major rhetorical shift.”
The ideological pivot provoked outrage within the Labour Party’s left-wing base – many party activists resigned, and some sitting members of parliament condemned their party leader’s speech. However, <a href="https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/uk-public-opinion-toward-immigration-overall-attitudes-and-level-of-concern/">polling</a> indicates that public support for reducing immigration is quite high.
“In a lot of ways the Prime Minister is reflecting the mood of the country, rather than driving it,” Dampier told The Daily Wire. “And which the anti-immigration Reform party (led by Nigel Farage) did very well in. So some people think this is an attempt to win back voters and stem the collapse in popularity. For people on the right, this was something of a vindication. The Prime Minister said things they have argued for years.”

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Morning Brief: Biden Health Revelations & Israel Lays Into Hamas

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Joe Biden&#8217;s office announced Sunday that the former president had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diagnosed</a> with an &#8220;aggressive form&#8221; of prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones.
Almost immediately, doctors took to social media to explain the diagnosis and what it meant for Biden. But many physicians were shocked that Biden — who in theory underwent routine, high-quality medical examinations in the White House — did not have his cancer discovered until it had progressed to such a late stage.
The timing led some doctors to wonder whether Biden&#8217;s physicians had missed something, or if an earlier diagnosis had gone unreported.
&#8220;Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer,&#8221; Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who previously served as the White House physician, wrote on X. &#8220;Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than providing world class medical care.&#8221;
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Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer. Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than…
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonnyJacksonTX/status/1924215049406578936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Many doctors who raised questions about Biden&#8217;s diagnosis noted that prostate cancer is commonly detected early with a simple blood test for <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet">Prostate-Specific Antigen</a> (PSA), a protein that can indicate the presence of cancer. When detected early — in Stages I,II, or III, when the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate gland — the average five-year survival rate is close to 100%. The average five-year survival rate for men with Stage IV or metastatic prostate cancer drops to 28%.
Dr. Chris George, who serves as the medical director of Northwestern Health Network&#8217;s cancer program, told Reuters it was concerning that Biden&#8217;s cancer had already spread to his bones.
&#8220;What concerns me &#8230; is the fact that the cancer has been reported to have already spread beyond the prostate to the bones. And when the cancer has spread to the bones, that makes it stage 4, that that means that the cancer is not curable,&#8221; George said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no treatment available that can cure the cancer. There&#8217;s definitely treatment available that can control the cancer.&#8221;
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Dr. Chris George, medical director of the cancer program for the Northwestern Health Network, spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reuters</a> : “What concerns me &#8230; is the fact that the cancer has been reported to have already spread beyond the prostate to the bones. And when the cancer has spread to the…
— Nandita Bose (@nanditab1) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanditab1/status/1924243378314555523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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George said it was possible that Biden&#8217;s cancer was simply so aggressive that it had advanced dramatically since Biden&#8217;s last routine physical. But he said that scenario still raised questions as to whether a PSA screening might have caught the problem sooner.
&#8220;I would assume that the former president gets a very thorough physical every year,&#8221; George said. &#8220;I would be interested to know what his PSA was the last time it was checked.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s sort of hard for me to believe that he&#8217;s had a PSA within the past year, that was normal,&#8221; George told Reuters. &#8220;It&#8217;s possible. It&#8217;s definitely possible, but that would surprise me … Usually prostate cancer doesn&#8217;t, you know, go full throttle like this too often. When it does, that&#8217;s usually a bad, bad sign. That&#8217;s an aggressive cancer for sure. But it does seem odd to me.&#8221;
Dr. Steven Quay, a former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine&#8217;s Pathology Department, also noted the significance of PSA screenings and how well it can detect prostate cancer in its early stages.
&#8220;Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth,&#8221; Quay said in an X post.
&#8220;For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic. Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025. It is highly likely he was carrying a diagnosis of prostate cancer throughout his White House tenure and the American people were uninformed.&#8221;
In response to post suggesting that Biden may not have been tested — some guidelines to not recommend PSA screenings for men over 70 unless they have risk factors — Quay pushed back.
&#8220;It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice President, and President could not have undergone routine blood tests that included PSA,&#8221; Quay said. &#8220;I repeat my belief that it would be malpractice to not test PSA in a male U.S. President.&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, there are less than 5% of patients who can present with metastatic disease without primary indications via the PSA but &#8230; Come on, Man!!&#8221;
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Health care policies related to screening guidelines are designed for populations, often millions of people, with respect to a particular screening test. They take into account healthcare cost, downstream practises, etc. It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice… <a href="https://t.co/dleeJqocsn">https://t.co/dleeJqocsn</a>
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Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC),  a surgeon, also stressed the importance of PSA screenings and wondered how it was possible that Biden would not have been screened.
&#8220;Prostate cancer is diagnosed by a blood test called prostate specific antigen, or PSA as well as rectal examination. Makes me wonder why someone running for President of the United States, especially someone who is elderly, did not have these examinations. Screening is critical.&#8221;
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Prostate cancer is diagnosed by a blood test called prostate specific antigen, or PSA as well as rectal examination. Makes me wonder why someone running for President of the United States, especially someone who is elderly, did not have these examinations. Screening is critical.
— Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@RepGregMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGregMurphy/status/1924214719277105314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Howard Forman — a professor of radiology, economics, public health, and management at Yale University — said it was &#8220;inconceivable&#8221; that Biden had showed no prior signs of the disease.
&#8220;It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency. Gleason grade 9 would have had an elevated PSA level for some time before this diagnosis. And he must have had a PSA test numerous times before. This is odd. I wish him well and hope he has an opportunity for maximizing his quality of life,&#8221; he said.
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It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency. Gleason grade 9 would have had an elevated PSA level for some time before this diagnosis. And he must have had a PSA test numerous times before. This is odd.
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— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1924212784910479422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Urologist Dr. David Shusterman told NewsNation Sunday that Biden&#8217;s diagnosis would make sense for someone who wound up in the emergency room after forgoing medical care for years — not a former president receiving top-notch care.
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Urologist Dr. David Shusterman joins <a href="https://twitter.com/natashanzouves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@natashanzouves</a> to discuss President Biden&#8217;s prostate cancer diagnosis, which his office labeled an aggressive form of cancer. 
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Dr. Drew Pinsky questioned whether or not Biden&#8217;s health care team might have known something sooner.
&#8220;To be fair, beginning with the finding of a nodule and then discovering advanced disease does not pass the sniff test,&#8221; Dr. Drew Pinsky said. &#8220;Someone not receiving adequate or routine healthcare this would make some sense but does not fit the level of medical supervision given to POTUS,&#8221; he said.
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To be fair, beginning with the finding of a nodule and then discovering advanced disease does not pass the sniff test. Someone not receiving adequate or routine healthcare this would make some sense but does not fit the level of medical supervision given to POTUS. <a href="https://t.co/ldujgqqWiM">https://t.co/ldujgqqWiM</a>
— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/drdrew/status/1924233458978808190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Doctors Raise Questions About Timing Of Biden Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Unbelievable This Was Missed’

Doctors Raise Questions About Timing Of Biden Cancer Diagnosis: 'Unbelievable This Was Missed'

Dr. Drew Pinsky

Health Care

Ronny Jackson

Ashley Etienne, once an aide to former Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Sunday that she believed the release of audio from former President Joe Biden&#8217;s interview with then Special Counsel Robert Hur would ultimately help Democrats and could even be good for Biden.
The audio, which was released on Friday afternoon, painted a picture that reflected Hur&#8217;s assessment — that Biden was an elderly man who was at best, forgetful. The consensus across much of the media was that it only reinforced claims that Biden had been diminished long before the White House or even other Democrats and members of the press admitted it.
But according to Etienne, who appeared on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; on Sunday, the release of the audio was far less damaging than it could have been primarily because it would be out of the news cycle long before any of the Democrats who&#8217;d defended Biden&#8217;s cognitive acuity and overall fitness had to run for reelection.
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Guest on <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MeetThePress</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEtienne09?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyEtienne09</a>, contends re audio tapes of Biden: “It’s clear to me that President Trump released the tape because he’s trying to distract from his unprecedented disastrous first 100 days.” Moreover, “it’s good for Joe Biden, it’s good for the Democratic… <a href="https://t.co/FfPk5LPj2l">pic.twitter.com/FfPk5LPj2l</a>
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Etienne began by suggesting that the audio had been released intentionally to distract voters from the first 100 days of his current term.
&#8220;This is how I see it. The real question is: Why release this tape now?&#8221; she mused. &#8220;And it’s clear to me that President Trump released the tape because he’s trying to distract from his disastrous – unprecedented – disastrous first 100 days. I mean, we’ve all been talking about that at the table today.&#8221;
&#8220;So to me that’s what’s at play. Imagine a situation where you’re so desperate, so under water on every issue that you play your best card in the first six months of an administration. So the way I see this is: This is good for Joe Biden. It’s good for the Democratic Party, because we can dispense with this now and not closer to the midterm election –&#8221; Etienne continued.
&#8220;You think it’s good for Joe Biden?&#8221; anchor Kristen Welker interrupted.
&#8220;Meaning …&#8221; Etienne prompted.
&#8220;– it does raise new questions about his decision not to get out sooner as you just heard Chris Murphy say,&#8221; Welker finished.
&#8220;Well, I do believe that I think the problem with the Democratic Party right now is that we’ve not produced an autopsy, we’ve not produced an assessment of what actually happened in the election and to address this issue head on. If we were to, we can reconcile, coalesce, speak with one voice, and move past it,&#8221; Etienne concluded.

Special Counsel Robert Hur Testifies On Biden’s Classified Documents Investigation

Former Kamala Aide Says Biden-Hur Interview Audio Is … Good For Democrats?

Former Kamala Aide Says Biden-Hur Interview Audio Is ... Good For Democrats?

Kamala Harris

Meet the Press

President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Sunday after learning that his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, had been diagnosed with an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; form of prostate cancer that had already metastasized to his bones.
Trump responded to the sad news in a post on his Truth Social platform that was also shared by the White House&#8217;s official X account, saying that he and First Lady Melania Trump wished Biden and his family the best and hoped his treatment and recovery would be quick.
&#8220;Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery,&#8221; he posted.
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&#8220;Melania and I are saddened to hear about <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.&#8221; –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/6HjermTGK7">pic.twitter.com/6HjermTGK7</a>
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The news of Biden&#8217;s diagnosis broke on Sunday, just five days after it was reported that his doctors had discovered a &#8220;nodule&#8221; on his prostate and were conducting a more thorough examination.
&#8220;Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,&#8221; Biden&#8217;s team said in a statement. &#8220;While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.&#8221;
Former Vice President Kamala Harris also shared her thoughts on the news in a post to X, saying, &#8220;Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter — and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and optimism that have always defined his life and leadership. We are hopeful for a full and speedy recovery.&#8221;
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Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We are keeping him, Dr. Biden, and their entire family in our hearts and prayers during this time. Joe is a fighter — and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience, and… <a href="https://t.co/gG5nB0GMPp">pic.twitter.com/gG5nB0GMPp</a>
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1924219372819673156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump Reacts To Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

Trump Reacts To Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis

Melania Trump

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an &#8220;aggressive form&#8221; of prostate cancer, his office said in a statement on Sunday.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.&#8221;
&#8220;While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,&#8221; the statement continues. &#8220;The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
The former president had a polyp removed from his colon in 2021 that doctors said was a benign but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that did not require further action, his doctor, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, said at the time. He also had a similar polyp removed from his colon in 2008.
&#8220;Routine surveillance is recommended for this finding,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said in 2021 in a letter to former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. &#8220;Typically, repeat colonoscopy in 7 to 10 years is recommended.&#8221; 
The median survival rate for prostate cancer that metastasized to the bone is 21 months, <a href="https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/where-prostate-cancer-spreads-body-affects-survival-time">according</a> to Duke University.
Sunday&#8217;s announcement is the latest in a string of disastrous post-presidency revelations for the former president. A forthcoming book from CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-outlets-say-biden-book-is-full-of-bombshells-heres-what-you-need-to-know">reveals</a> that Biden&#8217;s inner circle worked to conceal his physical and cognitive decline at the end of his presidency. Last week, Axios released the audio of Biden&#8217;s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, confirming that Biden was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audio-of-bidens-special-counsel-interview-is-out-and-its-painful-to-listen-to">unable to remember</a> such basic details as when his son, Beau, died, or when he left the vice presidency.

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Editor&#8217;s note: yesterday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-outlets-say-biden-book-is-full-of-bombshells-heres-what-you-need-to-know">published</a> a rundown of all the revelations in a forthcoming book about Joe Biden&#8217;s physical and mental decline. But today we ask: are revelations really revelatory if everyone already knew?
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The forthcoming book &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; — which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the obvious physical and cognitive decline of former President Joe Biden — promises a host of &#8220;bombshells,&#8221; some of which have already been addressed in The Daily Wire&#8217;s reporting.
But are these bombshells really bombshells? The book&#8217;s authors — CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson — claim journalists like them were kept in the dark about Biden&#8217;s condition. The official media narrative is that the truth was only revealed at the June debate between Biden and President Donald Trump, when everyone saw with their own eyes what the White House had been trying to conceal.
For people who don&#8217;t follow politics, that explanation makes perfect sense: the occasional troubling soundbite from Biden leading up to the debate could be explained away as a &#8220;bad day&#8221; or an awkward moment &#8220;taken out of context.&#8221; But for reporters — particularly those covering politics and the White House — that excuse simply doesn&#8217;t hold water.
Republicans and right-leaning media outlets had been talking about the fact that Biden had lost a step or two for months, if not years, before he stepped into the studio for the CNN debate with President Donald Trump.
Still, as more and more of the &#8220;bombshells&#8221; drop, Democrats and legacy media outlets continue to stress the debate as the moment that everyone truly understood that Biden was likely finished.
Critics are not buying that, however — and they&#8217;re saying so.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a medical mystery how so many people realized that Biden was mentally and physically incapacitated the moment they signed a book deal,&#8221; radio host Dana Loesch commented.
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It&#8217;s a medical mystery how so many people realized that Biden was mentally and physically incapacitated the moment they signed a book deal.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1922440100014588199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you need to read a book to know Biden was declining then I have a bridge to sell you,&#8221; Sean Spicer added.
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if you need to read a book to know Biden was declining then I have a bridge to sell you
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanspicer/status/1922330598200222048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Democrats are still asking, &#8220;How could we have possibly known about Biden&#8217;s cognitive impairment?!&#8221;
I&#8217;m glad you asked.
I told you on-air in early 2024 the Hur Report was a &#8220;WARNING&#8221; about how bad it was &amp; you chose to smear Hur instead of listen to him! Roll the tape 👇 <a href="https://t.co/EDA8bB9Ah3">pic.twitter.com/EDA8bB9Ah3</a>
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1922679133168861330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What strikes me about these Biden books is the selfishness,&#8221; Caroline Downey added. &#8220;These so-called journalists protected a mentally frail president without caring about how it could hurt America. They sat on the truth for 4 years because it was not advantageous to themselves to share. Until now! $$&#8221;
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What strikes me about these Biden books is the selfishness.
These so-called journalists protected a mentally frail president without caring about how it could hurt America. They sat on the truth for 4 years because it was not advantageous to themselves to share. Until now! $$
— Caroline Downey (@carolinedowney_) <a href="https://twitter.com/carolinedowney_/status/1922463624028655829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The book is itself part of the deception that Jake Tapper and the corporate press perpetrated about Biden’s health the entire time he was in office,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s John Daniel Davidson posted. &#8220;First they lied about Biden’s decline. Now they’re lying about not knowing about it, pretending they were all tricked by the WH.&#8221;
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The book is itself part of the deception that Jake Tapper and the corporate press perpetrated about Biden’s health the entire time he was in office.
First they lied about Biden’s decline. Now they’re lying about not knowing about it, pretending they were all tricked by the WH. <a href="https://t.co/4TbL6cPycV">https://t.co/4TbL6cPycV</a>
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnddavidson/status/1922666425140846875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Meghan McCain took the argument a step further, saying that Tapper and Thompson would not have written a book about Biden&#8217;s decline if the propaganda campaign had been successful and he&#8217;d won reelection in November.
&#8220;If Trump had lost, no &#8216;journalist&#8217; would write a book about Biden&#8217;s health. They would keep spreading propaganda. We should not forgive, forget or allow those culpable in one of the great coverups ever attempted on the American people to financially benefit. This is a f***ing joke and everyone knows it,&#8221; she said.
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If Trump had lost, no &#8220;journalist&#8221; would write a book about Biden&#8217;s health. They would keep spreading propaganda.
We should not forgive, forget or allow those culpable in one of the great coverups ever attempted on the American people to financially benefit.
This is a fucking…
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1922320809953263669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Biden&#8217;s recent reemergence — particularly an appearance on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; — has done little to aid the Democrats and legacy media in furthering their narrative. When asked directly about the upcoming book and concerns about his fitness, Biden flailed briefly before former First Lady Jill Biden jumped in to rescue him.
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Truly amazing stuff here: Joe Biden is asked about the books that have been written about his cognitive decline. He spends one minute struggling to answer the question while going on tangents about random things before handing it off to his wife who says he was perfectly fine lol <a href="https://t.co/vUjG2dwe0X">pic.twitter.com/vUjG2dwe0X</a>
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1920509454392439246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Biden Book Promises To Deliver ‘Bombshells’ — But Are They Bombshells If Everyone Already Knew?

Audio of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with former President Joe Biden is out, showing the extent to which Biden struggled to recall simple facts.
The news outlet Axios obtained the audio of Hur’s interviews with Biden, which took place in October 2023. The recordings were taken over two three-hour interview sessions recorded on October 8 and 9.
In one audio clip, Biden struggles to recall the year his son Beau died. Beau died of brain cancer on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46. The audio shows that Biden could remember the month and day, but struggled to recall the year until he was prompted by members of the special counsel’s team.
Biden also gets the year wrong that President Donald Trump was elected to his first term. Biden confuses the year that Trump is elected, 2016, with the year that he enters office and Biden leaves the vice presidency, 2017. Biden is repeatedly prompted to clarify when he leaves office and Trump enters the White House.
As the clip continues, Biden backtracks, appears to repeat himself, and appears to misstate the year of Beau’s death again after being told the correct year. Biden struggles to spin more than a handful of words together at a time before he pauses again, appearing to be trying to recollect his thoughts. At several moments, Biden drops off midway through a sentence with a muttered, “anyway.”
Biden’s pauses are accentuated by the ticking of a grandfather clock in the background. Over stretches of time, Biden would pause every few words while the ticking of the clock would drone on in the background.
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In the Hur report, the special counsel said that he decided against charging Biden for mishandling classified documents in part because Biden’s old age and memory problems would make him sympathetic to a jury.
“Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023,” the report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-willfully-retained-disclosed-classified-materials-but-no-criminal-charges-warranted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
In a second audio clip published by Axios, the former president <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1_37O4GmgQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admits</a> to holding classified material “for posterity’s sake.”
“I don’t know if it was going to be the subject of reporting, but I wanted to hang onto it, I guess I wanted to hang onto it just for posterity’s sake,” Biden told investigators of his reason for keeping a classified document on Afghanistan. “I mean, this was my position on Afghanistan.”

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Democrats, left-leaning pundits, and legacy media outlets are all talking about the &#8220;bombshells&#8221; included in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson&#8217;s forthcoming book on the last days of the Biden campaign, &#8220;Original Sin.&#8221;
Tapper, a CNN anchor, and Thompson, an Axios reporter, interviewed more than 200 people to catalogue Biden&#8217;s obvious cognitive and physical decline, and the lengths to which the people around him went to cover it up.
But while the book certainly seems to contain previously unknown details, many don&#8217;t seem to be &#8220;bombshells&#8221; to the average American who watched President Joe Biden stumble his way through his re-election campaign.
Here are the &#8220;bombshells.&#8221;
<h3>Biden&#8217;s staff considered the possibility that he might need a wheelchair.</h3>
Biden&#8217;s halting gait was the topic of much conversation among his critics, and according to &#8220;Original Sin,&#8221; it was a concern discussed at length by his staffers. The consensus was that he might <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-team-considered-putting-him-in-a-wheelchair-if-he-won-in-2024-new-book-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">need a wheelchair,</a> but with him still on the ballot at the time, they worried about the optics of taking that step prior to the 2024 election.
&#8220;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,&#8221; Tapper and Thompson wrote.
Biden&#8217;s physician, Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, had also privately conveyed his concerns that the president could eventually take a fall that would make a wheelchair a necessity rather than an option.
In order to minimize the risk, Biden&#8217;s team made sure that the president wore shoes that were made for stability and had him board and disembark from Air Force One using the shorter staircase at the rear of the plane.
Still, according to Axios, O&#8217;Connor did not believe that Biden&#8217;s team was doing enough to safeguard the president: &#8220;O’Connor sometimes quipped that Biden’s staff members were trying to kill him, while he was trying to keep him alive.&#8221;
And when anyone asked about his gait or the fact that he&#8217;d switched to the short stairs, Biden&#8217;s team brushed aside concerns by claiming that his halting step was simply the result of his refusal to wear the walking boot long enough after fracturing his foot in November of 2020.
<h3>Biden failed to recognize his friend — and host — George Clooney at his 2024 Hollywood fundraiser.</h3>
Biden had a long history of flubbing the names of people at large events. But Tapper and Thompson wrote that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/behind-the-scenes-book-reveals-the-extensive-hollywood-magic-that-couldnt-save-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to recognize</a> the Oscar-winning actor — with whom he&#8217;s been friends for years — when he approached him at a Hollywood fundraiser in June of 2024.
<blockquote>“You know George,” the assisting aide told the President, gently reminding him who was in front of him. “Yeah, yeah,” the President said to one of the most recognizable men in the world, the host of this lucrative fund-raiser.
“Thank you for being here.”
“Hi, Mr. President,” Clooney said.
“How are ya?” the President replied.
“How was your trip?” Clooney asked.
“It was fine,” the President said.
It seemed clear that the President had not recognized Clooney.
“It was not O.K.,” recalled the Hollywood V.I.P. who had witnessed this moment. “That thing, the moment where you recognize someone you know—especially a famous person who’s doing a f***ing fund-raiser for you — it was delayed. It was uncomfortable.”</blockquote>
Biden ultimately had to be reminded that the man standing in front of him was George Clooney.
<h3>Biden was hidden from his own staffers and cabinet members since at least 2023.</h3>
One staffer, who reportedly quit after Biden insisted on pushing ahead with a campaign for reelection, told Tapper and Thompson that access to Biden was strictly limited in order to keep people from seeing just how dramatic a change had taken place.
&#8220;We attempted to shield him from his own staff so many people didn’t realize the extent of the decline beginning in 2023,&#8221; the staffer said. &#8220;I love Joe Biden. When it comes to decency, there are few in politics like him. Still, it was a disservice to the country and to the party for his family and advisers to allow him to run again.&#8221;
&#8220;When he proved incapable of delivering a two-minute video address without stumbling, aides filmed him with two cameras so the edit would be less obvious,&#8221; another staffer said.
The White House Press Corps&#8217; already-limited access to Biden was diminished even further, and reports circulated that he hadn&#8217;t met with certain members of his own cabinet in weeks or even months.
Full cabinet meetings, which had been few and far between from the word go, spread out to the point that Biden would hold only three in 2023 and one in 2024.
&#8220;We spoke with several cabinet secretaries for the book, and this period of time is what one of the secretaries called ‘The Weird Period,'&#8221; Jake Tapper said.
&#8220;Despite the earlier praise, the third cabinet secretary we spoke with told us that starting in 2023, quote, ‘For months we didn’t have access to him. There was clearly a deliberate strategy by the White House to have him meet with as few people as necessary,&#8221; Tapper continued, noting that very few of Biden&#8217;s cabinet secretaries met with the president after late 2023.
&#8220;And it was not just cabinet members who were kept away from the president. Aides who had once seen Biden regularly say they went months without seeing him. Others told us that in some meetings, Biden would mumble incoherently, something the public only got glimpses of,&#8221; he said.
If the assertions made in the book — and by other reporters, pundits, and high-ranking Democrats — are to be believed, the White House did such a good job of hiding Biden&#8217;s infirmity from all but his closest advisers that none of them were truly aware of how bad things had gotten until the CNN debate.
<h3>Stay tuned for Part II: Are these really &#8220;bombshells&#8221;?</h3>

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