President Joe Biden has a richer fantasy life than Walter Mitty. And he’s had one for going on 40 years.
In 1987, when he ran for the Democrat presidential nomination, Biden said he was the first in his family to attend college. He repeated the tall tale during his run for the nomination in 2020.
Also during that campaign, he recalled the time he was arrested in South Africa when he tried to visit communist terror leader Nelson Mandela in prison.
A few months ago, he regaled listeners with tales of his days looking at the world through a windshield as a long-haul truck driver.
And just yesterday, he told black students about the time he was arrested during a civil rights protest.
Yet the most recent tales of his remarkable life as lion of the Left might not be lies. They might be signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.
False memories are a symptom of cognitive trouble and Alzheimer’s Disease. “False memories are extremely common in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and the pre-Alzheimer’s condition of mild cognitive impairment,” says Dr. Andrew Budson, an expert on the subject at Boston University.
And they might, another study says, “pose a serious risk to patients” who mistakenly think, for instance, they took important medication but did not.
In Biden’s case, they might pose a serious risk to the nation.