Jill Biden had a gay "work husband" who played an important but little-known role in the cover-up of her real husband's cognitive decline.

Compared by insiders to the Wizard of Oz, Anthony Bernal wielded "enormous power" behind the curtain, according to reports.

Jill's gay "wizard"

The obscure staffer, who began working for Jill during the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign, became known inside the Biden White House as a ruthless bully who was constantly by Jill's side.

In a video shared by Project Veritas last week, former Democratic National Committee chair David Hogg said Bernal wielded "enormous power," while another operative compared him to a hidden puppet master.

"That was like an open secret. I would avoid him, he was scary. Anthony Bernal. He's like a shadowy Wizard of Oz-type figure. The general public wouldn't know how this man looked, but he wielded an enormous amount of power. I can't stress to you enough how much power he had at the White House," former Biden staffer Deterrian Jones said.

According to the book Original Sin, by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, Bernal was pivotal figure in the hidden "Politburo" that ran the Biden presidency.

Bernal was close with the Biden family at pivotal moments, including Biden's surreal "basement campaign" in 2020, and when the house of cards came tumbling down last summer, Bernal was one of a few people outside the family who bunkered down with them.

Hand in glove

Together, Jill Biden and Bernal hunted for "heretics" and kept track of "who was with them and against them," according to the book. Bernal's slavish loyalty to the Bidens - and his ruthless treatment of perceived enemies - made him a hated figure inside the White House.

"He would not be welcome at my funeral," one aide told Tapper and Thompson.

While Jill insisted on being called "Dr. Biden" by others, her vanity made an exception for Bernal, who knew her on a first-name basis.

The openly gay vizier enjoyed a level of intimacy denied to others, providing candid feedback on Jill's looks as they promoted her glamorous self-image to publications like Vogue.

Jill clung to that star treatment even after her husband's presidency imploded in last June's pivotal debate, with the former First Lady issuing a defiant response over his disastrous performance.

“We will continue to fight,” she told Vogue at the time, insisting the family would "not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president.”

Months after the Bidens departed the White House in disgrace, Jill is under mounting pressure to come clean about what she knew and when, especially after her husband's advanced prostate cancer diagnosis.

"Frankly, the former first lady should certainly speak up about what she saw in regards to her husband and when she saw it, and what she knew," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a May 29 press briefing.