Add Vice President JD Vance to the lengthy record of MAGA weirdos losing time spinning conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden hiding a most cancers analysis whereas in workplace.
On Monday, Vance was requested by a reporter aboard Air Power Two to touch upon the information of Biden’s analysis of an aggressive type of prostate most cancers. However as an alternative of providing fundamental human decency—and even information—he leaned straight into hypothesis, hinting at a cover-up.
“Why didn’t the American people have a better sense of his health picture? Why didn’t the American people have more accurate information about what he was actually dealing with?” Vance stated, treating it as some scandal and never a severe medical analysis.
However he didn’t cease there.
“You can separate the desire for him to have the right health outcome with a recognition that whether it was doctors or whether there were staffers around the former president. I don’t think he was able to do a good job for the American people. And that’s not politics. That’s not because I disagreed with him on policy. That’s because I don’t think that he was in good enough health. In some ways, I blame him less than I blame the people around him,” he stated.
Vance’s remarks echo broader right-wing baseless claims that Biden—and the Democratic Celebration—knew concerning the most cancers all alongside and selected to cover it. Since information of his analysis broke on Sunday, conservative influencers—none of them docs—have been pushing this nonsense.
“What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another cover-up???” Donald Trump Jr. requested.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, in the meantime, alleged that Biden knew he was “terminally ill” and withheld that info from the general public whereas he was president.
Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, Trump’s ex-White Home doctor with a well-documented allergy to information, additionally chimed in, claiming that Biden’s physician “was more concerned about assisting with the political cover-up than providing world-class medical care.”
Even conservative podcaster Tim Pool jumped in, insisting that “Democrats knew” and suggesting that Biden’s docs couldn’t have missed the most cancers, by no means thoughts that he was reportedly identified solely after creating signs.
In accordance with his workplace, Biden was identified with superior prostate most cancers after experiencing urinary points, and the most cancers has metastasized to his bones. His crew stated the illness is hormone-sensitive, which means that it may nonetheless be handled. The most cancers has a Gleason rating of 9, one of many most aggressive types of prostate most cancers.
Some medical professionals have identified {that a} most cancers this superior possible developed over time, however there’s nonetheless no proof that Biden or his crew knew about it whereas he was in workplace, not to mention actively hid it.
Nonetheless, MAGA world has turn out to be obsessive about the concept that Biden’s well being was secretly deteriorating throughout his presidency. Their fixation comes simply days earlier than the discharge of “Original Sin,” a ebook by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson, which reportedly particulars how aides as soon as thought-about placing Biden in a wheelchair however didn’t, fearing political backlash.
Additionally conveniently timed, Axios not too long ago dropped hours of audio from Biden’s 2023 interview with particular counsel Robert Hur wherein Biden could be heard struggling to recall dates, slurring his speech, and stumbling by way of lengthy pauses, which is solely including gasoline to the right-wing narrative machine.
However whereas a lot of the MAGA world is throwing elbows, one particular person struck a notably totally different tone: President Donald Trump.
“Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis,” he posted on Fact Social. “We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.”
It was a uncommon word of civility from Trump. However his vp and allies are clearly taking a special route: utilizing a most cancers analysis to push baseless conspiracies and rating low-cost political factors.
