Biden Book Promises To Deliver ‘Bombshells’ — But Are They Bombshells If Everyone Already Knew?

Editor’s note: yesterday, The Daily Wire published a rundown of all the revelations in a forthcoming book about Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline. But today we ask: are revelations really revelatory if everyone already knew?

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The forthcoming book “Original Sin” — which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the obvious physical and cognitive decline of former President Joe Biden — promises a host of “bombshells,” some of which have already been addressed in The Daily Wire’s reporting.

But are these bombshells really bombshells? The book’s authors — CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson — claim journalists like them were kept in the dark about Biden’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’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 “bad day” or an awkward moment “taken out of context.” But for reporters — particularly those covering politics and the White House — that excuse simply doesn’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 “bombshells” 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’re saying so.

“It’s a medical mystery how so many people realized that Biden was mentally and physically incapacitated the moment they signed a book deal,” radio host Dana Loesch commented.

It’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) May 13, 2025

“If you need to read a book to know Biden was declining then I have a bridge to sell you,” Sean Spicer added.

if you need to read a book to know Biden was declining then I have a bridge to sell you

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) May 13, 2025

Democrats are still asking, “How could we have possibly known about Biden’s cognitive impairment?!”

I’m glad you asked.

I told you on-air in early 2024 the Hur Report was a “WARNING” about how bad it was & you chose to smear Hur instead of listen to him! Roll the tape ???? pic.twitter.com/EDA8bB9Ah3

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 14, 2025

“What strikes me about these Biden books is the selfishness,” Caroline Downey added. “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! $$”

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_) May 14, 2025

“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,” The Federalist’s John Daniel Davidson posted. “First they lied about Biden’s decline. Now they’re lying about not knowing about it, pretending they were all tricked by the WH.”

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. https://t.co/4TbL6cPycV

— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) May 14, 2025

Meghan McCain took the argument a step further, saying that Tapper and Thompson would not have written a book about Biden’s decline if the propaganda campaign had been successful and he’d won reelection in November.

“If Trump had lost, no ‘journalist’ would write a book about Biden’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,” she said.

If Trump had lost, no “journalist” would write a book about Biden’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) May 13, 2025

Biden’s recent reemergence — particularly an appearance on ABC’s “The View” — 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.

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 pic.twitter.com/vUjG2dwe0X

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 8, 2025