Sen. Mitch McConnell released his first public photograph since being hospitalised in mid-June, together with a detailed statement on his health, but the image has prompted immediate suspicion on social media. The picture shows the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican seated upright in a hospital bed alongside his wife Elaine Chao.
He appears in jeans with a newspaper visible nearby, but without any tubes, wires or other medical apparatus in view. The development comes after weeks of limited official information.
