Former First Lady Jill Biden shut down conversations on Joe's mental decline and shielded Joe from the truth as a bombshell book claims she was the real power behind the White House curtain.
In a jaw-dropping new expose, Original Sin lifts the lid on what insiders claim is the White House's deepest secret - Jill Biden's iron grip on power and the extraordinary lengths she allegedly went to protect her husband from the public.
According to the explosive book, penned by CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, Dr Biden, as she liked to be known because of her doctoral degree in education, emerges not only as a loyal wife but a behind-the-scenes powerbroker who helped prop up an ageing Joe Biden as his mental and physical decline became harder to hide.
With more than 200 sources interviewed, many from within Biden's own party, the authors paint a disturbing portrait of a presidency in crisis, where aides feared the truth and the First Lady played protector.
Behind closed doors, the book claims Jill berated staff in private, defended his missteps in public, and helped him finish his thoughts in conversations, maintaining a 'constant influence over the West Wing'.
