The scope of what has become an unprecedented media cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline and son Hunter Biden’s legal issues since before he became president is finally being revealed.

Critics of legacy media have long accused news organizations of protecting the 46th president from negative coverage, especially regarding revelations about his family’s questionable financial dealings and his cognitive decline, which was notably evident during last year’s CNN debate and ultimately led to his exit from the 2024 presidential race, Fox News noted in a Saturday report.

In fact, the report said, efforts to shield Biden from scrutiny reportedly began as early as May 2019, while the primary race for the 2020 Democratic nomination was underway.

Last week, former Politico reporter Marc Caputo revealed a report he had written at the time that utilized opposition research sourced from Biden’s Democratic rivals. The report highlighted a “tax lien” on Biden’s son Hunter related to his work with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

At the time, the former vice president was enjoying a significant lead over other Democratic candidates in the polls.

“And I wrote what would have been a classic story saying, you know, ‘The former vice president’s son was slapped with a big tax lien for the period of time that he worked for this controversial Ukrainian oil concern, or natural gas concern, which is haunting his father on the campaign trail,’” Caputo said on the “Somebody’s Gotta Win” podcast.