A family friend of Elaine Chao isn’t buying Mitch McConnell’s new proof-of-life photo. So when McConnell’s office released a photo of Chao, 73, with her 84-year-old husband on Monday, he was immediately skeptical. The only two images released of Sen. Mitch McConnell since he was hospitalized June 14. Senator Mitch McConnell in a wheelchair at the U.S. Capitol, in March last year. Several wondered why McConnell’s office wouldn’t release a video to quell concerns about his health, while others mused that the images were staged.