When the Wall Street Journal released its bombshell report detailing how the White House covered up Joe Biden’s cognitive decline from the beginning of his presidency, it wasn’t exactly surprising to anyone who reads independent and conservative media. We’ve been talking about it for years and endured countless accusations of “ageism” and of pushing conspiracy theories.
Yet everyone around him was claiming he was fine.
"For those of you that think the president might be too old or doesn’t have enough energy or whatever it is that you all think, this guy gets up early. He stays up late,” Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu claimed last year. "We have made trips, if not every week, sometimes twice a week and three times a week. And we have done it over and over again and there’s nothing new here. What’s wonderful about it is how relentless that it is and how many places that we have been."
“The guy is like, he’s a beast,” he added.
But we knew what was what. It didn’t take a medical degree to see that Joe Biden’s physical and mental health have been in serious decline for years. But one thing is for sure: Anyone with a medical degree should have known. And one person in particular with a medical degree really had to know the truth but told us Joe Biden was okay anyway: White House physician Kevin O’Connor.
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In 2023, shortly before Joe Biden announced his intention to seek a second term, O’Connor described Biden as a “healthy, vigorous 80-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
We all knew it was a joke. Hardly a day went by without Biden raising new concerns about his mental health, and some insiders were speaking on background about it even back then.
Earlier this year, O’Connor once again pushed the same narrative.
"The President feels well and this year's physical identified no new concerns," O'Connor wrote in his report. "He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations."
It was bad enough when Biden’s political staffers were selling us the big lie about Biden’s health, but it’s so much worse that Biden’s own doctor lied to the entire country about it. Campaign operatives are notorious for protecting their candidate’s image at any cost, even if it means lying. But as the president’s physician, O’Connor has a duty to provide an honest, objective assessment of Biden’s fitness to serve. His repeated claims that Biden was healthy, vigorous and completely capable of handling the presidency weren't spin—they were a betrayal of public trust.
Unlike political aides, Dr. Kevin O’Connor’s role isn’t to spin narratives—it’s to deliver the unvarnished truth about the president’s health. As Biden’s physician, his statements carried far more credibility than those of any staffer, which makes his decision to mislead the public even more egregious.
By prioritizing political expediency over the nation’s security, O’Connor crossed a grave ethical line. His actions didn’t just erode public trust in the office of the presidency; they also put the country at risk. Our adversaries undoubtedly see Biden’s frailty as a vulnerability to exploit, and O’Connor’s false assurances only embolden these enemies. In my view, his deliberate deception goes beyond professional misconduct—it’s a criminal betrayal of the country, and he should be held accountable.
