Book Reveals Biden Advisers Declined To Have President Take A Cognitive Test In February 2024: Report

A caller book revealed that erstwhile President Joe Biden's squad chose not to person nan president return a cognitive trial successful February 2024, complete concerns that taking nan trial itself would raise much questions astir his age, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Authors Tyler Pager, a newsman for The New York Times, Josh Dawsey, a newsman for nan Wall Street Journal and Isaac Arnsdorf, a newsman for nan Washington Post, wrote nan book, titled, "2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America," which is group to beryllium released successful July. 

The book, one of respective about nan tumultuous 2024 statesmanlike election, specifications that Biden's apical aides debated having him complete a cognitive trial to quell concerns astir his age. The aides were reportedly assured Biden would walk nan test. 

"At nan aforesaid time, Mr. Biden’s longtime doctor, Kevin O’Connor, had told aides he would not return nan 81-year-old president’s governmental opinionated into information erstwhile treating him," the Times reported, citing nan book.

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President Joe Biden walks connected nan South Lawn to committee Marine One earlier departing nan White House connected December 08, 2023 successful Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The statement complete whether nan president should return nan trial occurred successful February 2024, respective months earlier nan June statement against President Donald Trump, and conscionable a mates of weeks earlier Biden's White House beingness exam, nan Times reported. 

It was nan aforesaid period that Special Counsel Robert Hur's report astir nan erstwhile president's mishandling of classified documents was released. The typical counsel described Biden arsenic "a sympathetic, well-meaning, aged man pinch a mediocre memory." 

The NYT study besides described a speech from nan caller book betwixt erstwhile Biden main of unit Ron Klain and erstwhile Obama adjutant and predominant CNN guest, David Axelrod. Klain, according to NYT, called Axelrod pursuing a Times study from June 2022 that quoted Axelrod saying, "The stark reality is nan president would beryllium person to 90 than 80 astatine nan extremity of a 2nd term, and that would beryllium a awesome issue."

"That remark prompted an angry telephone to Mr. Axelrod from Ron Klain, past Mr. Biden’s main of staff, according to nan book. Mr. Klain wanted to cognize why Mr. Axelrod was fueling doubts astir a Democratic president who was connected way to statesman a re-election campaign," nan NYT reported. 

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Ron Klain, erstwhile White House main of staff, speaks during a main of unit modulation arena successful nan East Room of nan White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.  (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"There’s nary Obama retired there, Axe," Klain said during nan call, according to nan Times. "Who’s going to do it if he doesn’t do it?"

Another caller book astir nan 2024 run revealed that Klain said Biden was "fatigued, befuddled and disengaged" earlier his statement pinch Trump successful June. Klain helped Biden hole for nan statement aft exiting his White House role.

"At his first gathering pinch Biden successful Aspen Lodge, nan president’s cabin,"  author Chris Whipple wrote, Klain "was startled. He’d ne'er seen him truthful exhausted and retired of it. Biden was unaware of what was happening successful his ain campaign. Halfway done nan session, nan president excused himself and went disconnected to beryllium by nan pool."

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Whipple's book, "Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and nan Odds successful nan Wildest Campaign successful History," was released successful April. 

A typical for Biden did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.