The parade of Joe Biden books

What the real 'Original Sin' was

Why now? That’s the question a lot of people are asking about the spate of books examining the increasing infirmity of President Joe Biden.

The man who replaced Biden in the White House is tearing up long-established rules in a rush to enhance presidential power, humiliating foreign leaders in the Oval Office, impulsively imposing high tariffs and ranting on social media. And sadly Biden is suffering from metastatic prostate cancer, his office announced Sunday.

Shouldn’t reporters be focused entirely on the spectacle of President Donald Trump’s administration happening now, rather than on what went on behind the scenes in Biden’s final years in office?

It’s a good question. The answer is complicated. Yes, the media needs to prioritize coverage of the current administration, but we also deserve a full accounting of what happened in the interregnum between the two terms of Trump.

Journalists live to tell true stories, especially ones that politicians try to hide, and to follow their curiosi…