President Joe Biden joked that doctors “think I look too young” as he gave reporters an update on his annual physical, which was performed Wednesday.
The president left the White House on Wednesday morning for an unplanned trip to Walter Reed, revealing his plans to pick up his physical body as he left the White House residence.
Biden spent about two and a half hours at Bethesda Medical Center, returned to the White House and then held an event on reducing crime in the United States with top law enforcement voices in the State Dining Room.
“I’m fine, everything is fine,” he told reporters after making brief remarks. “No, there’s nothing different from last year,” he also revealed.
The White House said a report on the physical situation would be released sometime Wednesday.
President Joe Biden joked that doctors “think I look too young” as he gave reporters an update on his annual physical, which was performed Wednesday.
President Joe Biden arrives at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on Wednesday to receive his annual physical exam, with results expected to be released Wednesday afternoon
Polls have shown for months that a majority of Americans doubt whether Biden can be effective during a second term, which would end when he is 86 years old.
During last year’s review by White House physician Kevin O’Connor, it was also released in Februarythe doctor said Biden remained ‘fit for duty’.
O’Connor said Biden’s gait “remains stiff” but said he remains “healthy” and “strong.”
Every morning, Biden heads to a 45-minute workout with his physical therapist, which focuses on balance exercises to prevent him from falling and address his stiff gait, DailyMail.com has learned.
Last year’s examination also included ‘a highly detailed neurological examination’, which showed nothing ‘consistent with any cerebellar or central neurological disorder’.
“He did not show any motor weakness, but a subtle difference in heat-cold sensation could be elicited,” the 2023 letter added.
In November 2021, the president was appointed so doctors could perform a routine colonoscopy and briefly handed power to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Beyond polling, Biden’s mental competency became a political issue earlier this month when special counsel Robert Hur, originally appointed by former President Donald Trump, released a report on his investigation into classified documents.
President Joe Biden made a surprise departure from the White House on Wednesday morning, telling reporters he was heading to Walter Reed to undergo his annual physical exam
President Joe Biden left the White House residence Wednesday morning and climbed aboard Marine One as he flew to Walter Reed for his annual physical.
Reporters are sprayed by Marine One as President Joe Biden departed from the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday morning for his annual physical at Walter Reed
Marine One is seen landing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, as President Joe Biden arrives for his physical.
Hur wrote that a jury would likely conclude that the 81-year-old Biden had “diminished faculties” and was a “well-intentioned, older man with a poor memory.”
The release of the report forced the president to hold an impromptu press conference.
Biden told reporters: ‘I know what I’m doing! My memory hasn’t gotten any worse. My memory is fine. Look what I’ve done since I’ve been president.’
“Nobody thought I could get through the things I was given. How did that happen? “I guess I just forgot what was going on,” the president added.
But before the end of his question-and-answer, Biden made a gaffe by calling Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi the “president of Mexico.”
Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician to Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and a key Trump ally in the U.S. House of Representatives, demanded that Biden take a cognitive exam in the wake of the report’s release.
The president has been plagued by physical accidents, including falling from his bicycle during a trip to Rehoboth Beach in June 2022, tripping over a sandbag during a commencement ceremony in Colorado in June 2023 and falling down the stairs of Air Force One on a handful airplanes. occasions.