‘Gold Bar’ Sen. Bob Menendez snarls at Post in defense of wife Nadine — days after blaming ailing spouse for legal woes 

Now he cares about his wife!

Embattled New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — who blamed his wife for his legal woes in an ongoing high-stakes bribery trial — rushed to her defense Friday after arriving at their Englewood Cliffs home.

“Don’t be such a bloodsucker! She has cancer,” Menendez snarled at a Post reporter there to greet him.

After being driven home from court in a blue Honda Civic, Menendez entered the home carrying two white plastic bags and two notebooks.

It was unclear if wife Nadine Arslanian was inside.

Two days earlier, Menendez’s lawyer insisted in court that the pol knew nothing about gold bars hidden inside the couple’s home — instead blaming the pol’s “dazzling, tall” wife for stashing the trove away without his knowledge.