Watch: Biden Claims He Could ‘Beat the Hell’ Out of Book Authors

In a comment reminiscent of his desire to take his opponent “out behind the gym” to fight him, former President Joe Biden, 82, said Friday he could “beat the hell out of both of them” – an apparent reference to the authors of a new book detailing his cognitive decline as leader of the free world.

The book covering Biden’s mental deterioration while president, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, was released May 20.

Biden’s quip came amid his first public remarks since announcing he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, Fox News reported.

“You can see that I’m mentally incompetent, I can’t walk,” Biden joked with reporters Friday after speaking at a Memorial Day event in Delaware. “And I could beat the hell out of both of them.” (Read more from “Watch: Biden Claims He Could ‘Beat the Hell’ Out of Book Authors” HERE)