Some members of former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet did not believe that he could be relied upon to perform at 2 a.m. during an emergency by the final year of his presidency, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson.

Former President Joe Biden was reportedly shielded from his Cabinet for much of his final two years in the White House, with secretaries claiming anonymously in a new book they were “kept at bay.” Anonymous Cabinet secretaries told Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson about their concerns regarding Biden for the journalists’ upcoming book,

Authors also describe how Biden's inner circle shielded him from several Cabinet members "for months" at a time in 2023 and 2024.