SARAH PALIN’S husband jumped to her defence yesterday after an upcoming book claimed the Republican snorted cocaine off an oil drum and had a pre-marital fling with an African-American basketball star.

Sarah Palin’s husband is calling a book critical of his family “disgusting lies, innuendo and smears”.

SARAH PALIN has taken to her Facebook page to complain about her new neighbour – a writer penning a book about her.