WASHINGTON -- Nearly six months after Joe Biden left the White House, Senate Republicans are still scrutinizing his presidency, kicking off the first in what's expected to be a series of congressional hearings this year on his mental fitness in office.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday examining the cognitive abilities of former President Joe Biden.

Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will skip a hearing on Wednesday held by Republicans about the alleged “cover-up” by ex-White House officials to shield former President Joe Biden’s supposed cognitive decline while in office,