Joe Biden was in such bad physical shape beginning in 2023 that advisers discussed whether he would need a wheelchair to get around if he won a second term, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson write in their forthcoming book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again . "Biden's physical deterioration—most apparent in his halting walk—had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they