Former US President Joe Biden jokingly said that he might beat up the authors of the book “Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again“ (Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again), which chronicles his rapid physical and mental decline in 2023-2024.
“You see, I'm mentally disabled and I can't walk“, he told reporters in Delaware with irony. “But I could beat them both to death.“
Biden said he was optimistic about his prostate cancer treatment. “The prognosis is good.“We're working on it. I feel good. Hopefully we can win“, he said, adding that he was taking the necessary medication.
Earlier, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Republican James Comer, said he did not rule out the possibility of calling Biden to testify at the hearings on Capitol Hill. White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt also called on the former president to testify about his competence, and his wife Jill to provide evidence on this issue.
On May 18, Biden's office announced that the 82-year-old former president had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had metastasized to the bones. US President Donald Trump expressed doubt that his predecessor's diagnosis had only just become known, hinting at a possible cover-up.