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New book excerpts reveal bombshells about Biden’s health and the toll it took on his campaign

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

For weeks, we’ve eagerly wondered what kind of revelations would be revealed in a new book about former President Joe Biden.

The title of the soon-to-be-released book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson — “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” — suggested an explosive and disturbing portrait of the latter days of Biden’s presidency and how it impacted not only the election, but the future of the country.

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