Naomi Biden Trashes Book On Her Grandfather’s Cognitive Decline: ‘Uninspired Lies’

Naomi Biden lashed out at the forthcoming book from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson — which explores the extent of her grandfather’s obvious cognitive and physical decline while in the White House — and claimed it amounted to little more than “uninspired lies.”

Naomi, whose father is Biden’s embattled son Hunter Biden, responded to a post on X that claimed Tapper and Thompson were publishing the book in an effort to make themselves the “center of attention” — and that they would be better served to focus on President Donald Trump and his “daily assaults on our constitution.”

“Tapper and Thompson want to be the center of the conversation because it will help them sell books. But with daily assaults on our constitution by the current inhabitant of the WH, the rest of us have, or should have, more important things to focus on.” https://t.co/RPleruhgwI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2025

“Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class,” Naomi Biden wrote in response. “The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do.”

“Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck,” she complained. “It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare. All of this at the expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all. There are real stories to be told and one day they will be. I suspect history will reward the truth.”

The book, set for release on May 20, will hit shelves just two days after the former president’s office announced that he was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that had already metastasized to his bones. That announcement led to some — even some who had been critical of Biden’s fitness and his decision to run again in 2024 — to say that perhaps he should be left alone.

David Axelrod, who served as chief campaign strategist to former President Barack Obama, said that the conversation about Biden’s cognitive fitness “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”

.@davidaxelrod: Conversations about Biden’s mental acuity “should be more muted and set aside for now as he’s struggling through this.”https://t.co/ULDkqRS9O9

— Adam Wren (@adamwren) May 18, 2025