Joe Biden gaffe saw ex-President 'lost in his own White House closet' amid staff cover-up (0.013384531997923763)

<iframe frameborder="0" height="100%" scrolling="no" src="https://www.gbnews.com/res/scraper/embed/?video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmm-v2.simplestream.com%2Fiframe%2Fplayer.php%3Fkey%3D3Li3Nt2Qs8Ct3Xq9Fi5Uy0Mb2Bj0Qs%26player%3DGB003%26uvid%3D52913169%26type%3Dvod%26viously_id%3Dbw9oxJUyqgs" width="100%"></iframe><br/><p>Joe Biden used to get lost in his own closet at the White House, Republican Senator Josh Hawley claims to have been told by a Secret Service whistleblower. </p><p>The Missouri Republican made the claim during a Fox News appearance, adding to ongoing speculation about a cover-up of Biden's declining mental state.</p><h3></h3><br/><p>"He told me that Biden used to get lost in his closet in the mornings at the White House," Hawley explained, adding that his source was assigned to Biden whilst he was president.</p><p>"I mean, the guy literally stumbling around in the White House residence couldn't find his way out of his own closet.</p><p><span></span>"The President of the United States. I mean, this is outrageous. We were lied to."</p><p>Hawley said the alarming claims were made to him whilst he was investigating the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.</p><h3></h3><br/><img alt="\u200bJoe Biden" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d0d54ed4ea77c2e06df17d0a43297f9a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="0625b" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/u200bjoe-biden.jpg?id=60350952&width=980"/><h3></h3><br/><div class="embed-latest"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>He went on to criticise the ongoing scandal that the Biden administration worked to cover up his cognitive decline, specifically with the use of an autopen - a device that automatically replicates a person's signature.</p><p>"We need to find out who actually signed off, so to speak, on all those autopen signatures and all of those pardons and all of those clemencies," Hawley said, adding that it amounts to "one of the worst constitutional crises of our country's history."</p><p><span></span>Hawley's comments have intensified scrutiny over the administration's handling of Biden's health concerns and decision-making processes during his presidency.</p><p>The claims emerge alongside<a href="https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/joe-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer" target="_blank"> Biden's recent Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis</a>, which his office revealed on May 18.</p><h3></h3><br/><img alt="Joe Biden" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="eef838b08a6d1698f2e6cfce3c40479f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="e27e2" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/joe-biden.jpg?id=36394492&width=980"/><h3></h3><br/><div class="embed-dontmiss"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>A statement described it as an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has metastasised and spread to his bones.</p><p>The 82-year-old former president has since told reporters that he and his family are optimistic about his diagnosis and that he was taking pills as part of his treatment.</p><p><a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/joe-biden-beat-hell-critics-response-mental-health" target="_blank">"The expectation is we're going to be able to beat this," he said. </a>"It's not in any organ.... my bones are strong. I feel good."</p><p>Increased attention has been placed on Biden's mental capabilities following the publication of a new book titled "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." </p><h3></h3><br/><img alt="" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="57d63b6111015af93c74ca1c9e14e722" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="cf37a" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=60350953&width=980"/><h3></h3><br/><div class="embed-mostread"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>Earlier this week Biden hit back at revelations from the book after being asked about his mental capabilities by reporters. </p><p>"You can see that I was mentally incompetent and I can't walk and I can beat the hell out of both of them," he joked to a female reporter, leaning down to speak to her after speaking at a service in honour of Memorial Day.</p><p>The former president downplayed revelations from the new book and chatter from Democrats that he should never have run for re-election, saying: "Why didn't they run against me then? I could have beaten them." "I don't have any regrets," he added.</p><p>The remarks were the first ones Biden made since his cancer diagnosis, with his voice sounding hoarse as he spoke to reporters at Veterans Park in Wilmington, Delaware.</p>