Joe Biden launched his 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his family and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat later that year. Here, two of America''s best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to reveal the full, unsettling truth about Biden''s decline. They expose the wider cover-up as an act of unprecedented public deception, raising fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will endure for decades. Biden''s decision to run again was the original sin of his presidency - the moment that led directly to Donald Trump''s return to power and all that has come since.>

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Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

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Joe Biden his family and his senior aides were convinced that only he could beat Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election. So convinced, in fact, that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat. Here, two of America's best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to uncover the full, unsettling truth about Biden's decline, and exposing the wider cover-up as an unprecedented deception of the public.

Hailed as an instant classic of political journalism, this is the book that revealed Biden's decision to run again as the original sin of his presidency - leading directly to Donald Trump's return to power, and all that has come since.