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Coverage dated May 12, 2025

Biden's team considered wheelchair amid health concerns: New book

Headline from FOX 35 Orlando

Former President Joe Biden's aides privately discussed the possibility of the president needing to use a wheelchair if he were re-elected.

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  1. Fox News

    Biden aides allegedly fretted then-president would need wheelchair if re-elected, new book reveals (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" claims former President Joe Biden's aides worried that the president would need to use a wheelchair if he won re-election as his physical agility deteriorated.

  2. FOX 35 Orlando

    Biden's team considered wheelchair amid health concerns: New book (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    Former President Joe Biden's aides privately discussed the possibility of the president needing to use a wheelchair if he were re-elected.

  3. Townhall

    Biden’s Aides Discussed If He Would Need a Wheelchair If Reelected, Book Claims (opens Townhall)

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  4. WTOP Washington DC

    New book: Biden aides discussed using a wheelchair in second term (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    Former President Joe Biden’s physical deterioration was severe enough in the second half of his presidency that his aides privately discussed putting him in a wheelchair for his second term, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson.

  5. Rolling Stone

    Biden Aides Discussed Putting Him in a Wheelchair for Potential Second Term: Book (opens Rolling Stone)

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    President Joe Biden's staff secretly planned to have him use a wheelchair if he won a second term, sources tell Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.

  6. Hot Air

    Joe Biden In a Wheelchair? (opens Hot Air)

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  7. The Daily Caller

    Biden Aides Considered Putting President In Wheelchair Post Election, New Book Alleges (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Aides to Biden were considering putting the aging leader in a wheelchair following the presidential election, a new book reveals.

  8. Washington Examiner

    Advisers privately debated Biden using a wheelchair if he won (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Biden's doctor, Dr. Kevin O'Conner, reportedly said a wheelchair might be necessary if the former president had another fall.

  9. Blaze Media

    Biden aides reportedly considered putting him in wheelchair due to 'physical deterioration' — but had one condition (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Biden's doctor was allegedly concerned that a bad fall could put the president in a wheelchair.

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