On the eve of the U.S. election, scrutiny of 81-year-old Biden’s age intensifies (data map)
Washington:
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his annual physical went well and joked that doctors thought he looked too young despite increasing scrutiny of the 81-year-old’s age ahead of the November U.S. election. .
The White House said a summary of test results from the Walter Reed military medical facility outside Washington would be released later in the day and details about the results would be closely watched. America’s oldest leader ever.
Asked whether the physical exam raised any concerns ahead of his November rematch with 77-year-old Donald Trump, Biden told reporters: “They think I look too young.”
“No, it’s no different than last year,” Biden added after an event at the White House, when tests showed he was fit for duty.
Biden He departed after just two and a half hours after a short helicopter ride to a medical center frequently used by the US president, who saluted Navy staff and donned sunglasses before leaving his motorcade.
The White House said Biden’s longtime doctor Kevin O’Connor was “pleased with how everything went,” adding that the review involved a team of 20 doctors.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s failure to undergo cognitive testing, saying based on his doctor’s assessment, the president did not need one.
“Every day the president passes the cognitive test again,” Jean-Pierre told reporters, citing the domestic and international political issues he deals with. “It’s a very rigorous job.”
Biden’s routine physical comes as voters are increasingly concerned about the leader’s age, which will turn 86 at the end of his second term.
The issue was thrust further into the spotlight this month when a brutal special counsel report painted Biden as old and forgetful, providing ammunition to his Republican rivals.
An inquest found he did not illegally keep confidential documents in his home and garage, but he said the jury would consider him a “well-meaning old man with a bad memory”.
Biden fired back during a news conference at the White House, describing his memory as “very good” and slamming the special counsel’s claim that he couldn’t remember when his son Beau died of cancer.
But this week, Biden struck a more relaxed tone, trying to deflect questions back to his septuagenarian rival, Trump.
In an interview with late-night TV comedian Seth Meyers on Monday, Biden says he’s the better choice Only four years younger than “the other guy.”
The other guy was about my age.
The question for this election is: How long have you had your idea? He wants us to go back 60 years. I’m focused on the future. pic.twitter.com/lcQcXWt5Jh
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 27, 2024
During a physical last year, Biden was in good health, although a cancerous skin lesion on his chest did have to be removed.
“President Biden remains a healthy, energetic 80-year-old man who is fit to successfully discharge the duties of the Presidency,” O’Connor said after Biden’s 2023 physical.
Trump has often described Biden as pathetically old, frail and unfit for public office — even though he is nearly the same age as Biden and has raised eyebrows with his own series of verbal gaffes and memory problems.
The real estate mogul recently confused his rival, Republican Nikki Haley, with Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and said Viktor Orban Orban) is the president of Turkey, not Hungary.
Late last year, Trump released a doctor’s note saying he was in “good health,” but it lacked details and did not say what tests Trump had received during his September 2023 physical.
The letter said his cognitive test results were “abnormal,” but did not disclose basic information such as Trump’s height and weight, cholesterol levels or blood pressure.
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