Biden aides allegedly fretted then-president would need wheelchair if re-elected, new book reveals

Former President Joe Biden's aides privately discussed the possibility of the president needing to use a wheelchair if he were re-elected in the 2024 race, as his physical deterioration spiraled in 2023 and 2024, a new book claims. 

"Biden's physical deterioration — most apparent in his halting walk — had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn't do so until after the election," an upcoming book called "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" states. 

CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson authored the upcoming book, which is set to be released Tuesday and is just the latest in a series of recent political books detailing the unprecedented 2024 presidential ele...