CNN’s Jake Tapper said Tuesday that the White House and Democrats blatantly lied to the American people about former President Joe Biden’s health until the 2024 election had ended. Biden’s health deteriorated so badly in the second half of his term that his aides discussed putting him in a wheelchair,

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book has already generated a national debate about whether the White House deceived the public about the president’s cognitive state and how Biden’s late exit from the race undermined the Democratic Party’s chances of stopping Trump.