Elaine Chao’s family friend raises doubt over new Mitch McConnell photo, ‘Holy crap she would rather die’

Jeff Yang, a family friend of Elaine Chao, questions a new proof-of-life photograph shared by Mitch McConnell.

JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / AFP via Getty Images A family friend of Elaine Chao isn’t buying Mitch McConnell’s new proof-of-life photo. Jeff Yang, an author and podcaster, said he has known two of Chao’s five sisters since college. So when McConnell’s office released a photo of Chao, 73, with her 84-year-old husband on M

It isn’t just the health of US president Donald Trump which has become the subject of social media speculation in recent weeks, as 84-year-old Kentucky senator and former House majority leader Mitch McConnell is yet to appear on video or be seen in public since being hospitalised last month.

Mitch McConnell shares new 'proof of life' photo six weeks after entering hospital  lbc.co.uk

"The fact he won't even do a video is pretty telling," former Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer said this week.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will miss Kentucky’s annual Fancy Farm political gathering this weekend as he undergoes intensive physical therapy and awaits medical clearance to leave rehabilitation and return to his Senate office.

Feast Your Eyes on a Brand-New Photo of Mitch McConnell  New York Magazine

Senator Mitch McConnell’s office has finally addressed the lawmaker’s ongoing absence—insofar as it relates to his ability to chow down on some red meat at Kentucky’s annual Fancy Farm picnic. “There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork

Kentucky senator was hospitalized in June and wild speculation surrounds his condition

Sen. Mitch McConnell was all smiles Monday as he posed for a photo demonstrating his recovery from a fall at his Capitol Hill home last month.