Then-Vice President Joe Biden, center, walks with his sons, Beau, left, and Hunter, down Pennsylvania Ave. during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
"Beau’s cancer treatment also demonstrated the Biden’s capacity for denial and the lengths they would go to to avoid transparency about health issues, even when the person in question is an elected official, in this case the sitting attorney general of Delaware," the book alleges.
The book details how Beau collapsed in the summer of 2013 during a family vacation and that he subsequently faced surgery to remove a brain tumor. By the fall, Beau started to reduce his public appearances and media interviews.
"In September, Biden and Beau’s team internally debated how much to disclose about Beau — the vice president’s son and a state’s top law enforcement officer — but ultimately said nothing," the book said. "In November, Beau told a local reporter he had been given a ‘clean bill of health.’"
Months later, in February 2014, a neurologist revealed that a "small lesion" was removed from Beau's brain — even though the former president later shared the tumor was larger than a golf ball.
JOE BIDEN DIAGNOSED WITH ‘AGGRESSIVE FORM’ OF PROSTATE CANCER WITH METASTASIS TO THE BONE
Then-President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
"Publicly acknowledging Beau’s illness would make it a reality," the book said. "It was them against the world."
A spokesperson for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Beau died of a glioblastoma brain tumor in May 2015 at the age of 46.
"Original Sin" details the 2024 election cycle and how former President Biden’s team allegedly orchestrated a cover-up to hide just how severely his mental faculties had suffered.
The book is one of several that detail Biden’s decision to run in 2024 and assert the dramatic decline of his cognitive function.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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