More Americans say Trump has been transparent about his health compared to Biden: poll

More Americans say President Trump has been transparent about his health compared to former President Biden, according to a new poll.

The YouGov/Economist poll published Tuesday shows 42 percent of U.S. adults said they believe Trump has been open about his health, while 31 percent said the same of Biden.

Overall, 61 percent of adults said Biden was “not very or not at all transparent” about his health, while 46 percent said the same of Trump; 9 percent said they were unsure how transparent Biden was about his health, and 12 percent were unsure how transparent Trump has been.

Views are polarized when broken down by party: 78 percent of Republicans said Trump has been transparent about his health, while 14 percent of Democrats agreed. Meanwhile, 53 percent of Democrats said Biden was honest about his health, and 14 percent of Republicans agreed.

Presidential fitness standards have become a topic of discussion as Democratic insiders have come forward in multiple recent books alleging officials and allies around Biden helped cover up the then-president’s cognitive decline and took extra steps to help him navigate travel, speeches and other duties.

The Hill’s Amie Parnes and NBC News’s Jonathan Allen in their book “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House” revealed extensive steps to cover up signs of Biden’s aging in office ahead of his ill-fated reelection bid last year, as well as contingency planning if he chose to step aside or even died while in office.

Biden’s former aides also considered the possibility of putting him in a wheelchair if he was reelected to a second term, CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson reported in their book “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”

Biden announced earlier this month that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The YouGov/Economist poll found 62 percent of Americans said they believe presidents should be required to publicly release all medical information that might affect their ability to serve as president, while 28 percent said leaders should have the same right as every other citizen to keep their medical records private.

When broken down by party, 72 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of Republicans said they think presidents should be required to release medical info that could affect their ability to serve.

The poll was conducted among 1,660 U.S. adults and has a 3 percent margin of error.