Joe Biden’s personal physician met with top neurologist and Parkinson’s specialist at the White House – as president refuses cognitive test
Visitor logs show Joe Biden’s personal physician met with a top neurologist at the White House.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, met with Parkinson’s specialist Dr. Kevin Cannard and two others on January 17. New York Postt reports.
Cannard is a movement disorders specialist at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland.
According to the logs, he was accompanied by cardiologist Dr. John E. Atwood and another unnamed person for the 5 p.m. meeting.
The revelation comes amid mounting criticism of the president’s mental state following his car-crash debate with rival Donald Trump.
Joe Biden’s personal physician met with top neurologist at White House, visitor logs show
Biden, 81, has tried to debunk rumors that he is unfit to lead and continues to insist he will run in the November election, but has declined to say whether he regularly undergoes formal cognitive testing.
“Look, I have a cognitive test every day,” Biden said Friday when asked about it by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, referring to the tasks he faces daily in his demanding job.
“Every day I have that test. Everything I do. You know, I’m not just campaigning, I’m running the world.”
Documents show the president was at the White House on the day of the January meeting with the medics, the same day he hosted House and Senate leaders to convince them to support additional funding for Ukraine.
Cannard has held his position at the Walter Reed Center for nearly 20 years.
According to his LinkedIn page, he has worked as a “neurology specialist supporting the White House Medical Department” since 2012.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician (pictured), met with Parkinson’s specialist Dr. Kevin Cannard
The White House declined to say whether they met Biden at the meeting, but the president was in Washington, D.C. at the time.
The White House would not confirm whether the doctors met with Biden, but O’Connor’s primary job is to care for the president and the first family.
The doctor gave Biden a clean bill of health during an annual checkup in February, which showed he did not suffer from Parkinson’s disease, O’Connor said at the time.
Since 2021, he has been the President’s physician and is in daily contact with him.
After the debate, the White House reported that Biden had a verbal “check-in” with his doctor.
Still, questions remain about his competence, especially after his first interview since the disastrous June 27 debate failed to allay fears.
Several Democrats had called for Biden to withdraw from the race after the debate, and they reiterated this call after yesterday’s ABC interview.
He accused the president and his wife of trying to cover up his state of mind.
“I believe he and Jill Biden led the cover-up,” Jackson said.
Cannard is a movement disorders specialist at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland
‘Kevin O’Connor is like a son to Jill Biden — she loves him. It’s crazy.
‘Kevin O’Connor was in office on day one of the Biden administration because they knew they could trust Kevin to say and do whatever needed to be said and done and to cover up whatever needed to be covered up. He’s part of the Biden family.’
O’Connor and Cannard declined to comment when contacted by the New York Post.
A White House spokesman also declined to comment on the nature of the meeting.
“A wide range of specialists from the Walter Reed system visit the White House complex to treat thousands of military personnel who work on the grounds,” he said.