Trump allies suggest Biden hid cancer diagnosis

An initial wave of bipartisan sympathy for Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has begun to ebb, giving way to suggestions from Trump allies of a cover-up.

WASHINGTON — An initial wave of bipartisan sympathy for Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has started to ebb, giving way to suggestions from Donald Trump’s allies that the former president’s inner circle masked his condition while he was in office to create an illusion that he was still up to the job.

In a social media post Sunday showing a picture of Biden with the caption, “Politics aside, we wish him a speedy recovery,” the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., wrote, “Agreed 100%.”

Come Monday, he posted a darker message: “Everyone was in on the coverup! Who was running the country? We need accountability!”

President Trump and his MAGA movement have long charged that Biden was too enfeebled to serve and that a coterie of loyalists propped him up to hide the harsh reality from voters, an accusation his team has denied.

The revelation Sunday that Biden, 82, is suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer has rekindled the old accusations at an especially inopportune time for his inner circle and Democrats more broadly.