New Details Suggest Joe Biden’s Mental Collapse Was Even Worse Than Previously Known

The book "Original Sin" by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson includes new details suggesting former President Joe Biden experienced severe cognitive issues during his presidency, including instances where he forgot that Senator Bob Dole had died and seemed to believe his deceased son Beau was still alive. The authors contend these incidents occurred despite Biden’s public grieving for Dole through a national eulogy. A spokesperson for Biden denied the accuracy of the report involving Beau, while Thompson urged readers to form their own opinions after reading the book. Tapper admitted regret over not probing more deeply into Biden’s health during his presidency.

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The updated edition of "Original Sin" by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson includes new details suggesting former President Joe Biden's mental decline was more severe than previously known. The book reports that Biden forgot longtime Senate colleague Bob Dole had died, despite delivering an eighteen-minute eulogy for him in 2021. Additionally, it claims Biden once thought his deceased son Beau, who died in 2015, was still alive and fighting cancer. A spokesman for Biden denied these accounts involving Beau but did not address the claim about Dole. The updated book was released in November 2026, containing new reporting since its original May 2025 release.

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Former President Joe Biden reportedly forgot that longtime Senate colleague Bob Dole had died and, on another occasion, appeared to believe his late son Beau was still alive, according to an updated edition of Original Sin, the book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson detailing Biden’s decline. uncertain

son → forget → decline

Biden reportedly forgot Dole’s death despite delivering “a nationally televised, roughly eighteen-minute eulogy for him at the Washington National Cathedral in December 2021.” “On another occasion, Biden seemed to think his son Beau, who died in 2015, was still alive and fighting cancer,” the authors write. uncertain

authors → forget → cancer

The updated edition includes new reporting that was not included in the book’s original May 2025 release. uncertain

that → update → release

A spokesman for Biden pushed back on the account involving Beau. asserted

spokesman → push → Beau

“There has not been a single day since May 30, 2015 when President Biden has not felt the pain of losing his son Beau to cancer, and for anyone to suggest otherwise, much less profit off that lie, speaks volumes about the character and credibility of the authors.” uncertain

suggest → feel → authors

Thompson responded: “Read the book, make up your own mind.” asserted

Thompson → respond → mind

Biden ended his 2024 reelection campaign after a disastrous debate against Donald Trump in which his answers were at times incoherent. asserted

answers → end → times

Biden → believe → withdrawal

Tapper, who co-moderated the debate, has said he regrets not investigating Biden’s decline more aggressively. asserted

he → co → decline

“I can point to times where I asked him this or I asked them that … but knowing what I know now, I barely scratched the surface,” Tapper said. asserted

Tapper → point → surface

“I need to run more towards the discomfort of questions about health because they’re so important and they’re so under-covered in Washington.” asserted

they → need → Washington

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