President Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he will undergo an annual medical exam amid mounting questions about his mental health as he prepares to take office for a second term in November.
“I’m going to Walter Reed for a medical checkup,” the 81-year-old president yelled as he walked toward the Marine One helicopter on the White House lawn.
The doctor’s appointment was not announced in advance and was not on the president’s schedule given to senior reporters the day before.
Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report released on February 8 into Biden’s decades-long allegations of mishandling classified documents suggests that juries may not convict him due to old age. He said no criminal charges should be filed.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, is scheduled to release a report following his appointment at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland.
Biden is the oldest president in history, and in a break with historical precedent, O’Connor has never been allowed to take questions from journalists about his health.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this month that O’Connor told Biden that cognitive tests were not administered last year because his record as president showed they were not necessary. Ta.
Hoar said in the report that his team “found evidence that President Biden intentionally retained and disclosed classified materials after becoming vice president,” but that “Mr. Ta. Mr. Biden will likely present himself to the jury as he did when we interviewed him, as a sympathetic and well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. ”
Polls show voters are more concerned about Biden’s age than former President Donald Trump, 77.
What the November New York Times poll revealed 71% of swing state voters Thirty-nine percent of respondents said that Biden is “too old to be an effective president,” compared to 39% who said the same about Trump.
A Wall Street Journal poll released in September found that 73% of registered voters think Mr. Biden is too old, compared to 47% who think the same about Mr. Trump.
This is a developing story, so check back for updates.
