The oldest sitting president in American history, Joe Biden had his routine medical examination on Wednesday. The 81-year-old leader remains ” apt “ to carry out his duties and has not experienced any significant change in his state of health, his doctor said on Wednesday February 28, while his ability to govern raises doubts, exploited by the Republican opposition.
The American President “continues to be able to carry out his duties and fully assumes all his responsibilities without any exemption or accommodation”, said White House physician Kevin O’Connor. Joe Biden spent two and a half hours in the morning at the Walter Reed military hospital, in the suburbs of Washington, for this annual medical examination, the last before the November election, in which he is running. The doctors “think I look too young”joked Joe Biden, questioned by journalists about this medical assessment.
Executive spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre defended Joe Biden’s failure to take a cognitive test, saying doctors determined the president did not need one. “The president takes a cognitive test every day” due to the rigors of the role, she added.
A state of health which worries for his re-election
In February 2023, Doctor O’Connor concluded that Joe Biden was ” in good health “, “vigorous” And ” apt “ to fulfill its functions. He then had one removed ” small “ cancerous lesion of the skin.
The Democrat is running for a second term, at the end of which he would be 86 years old. He is almost guaranteed to face his predecessor Donald Trump, 77, during the vote in November. He nicknames his opponent “Sleeping Joe” and never stops making fun of his hesitant approach. “Biden is not too old, he is too incompetent!” »also wrote on February 14 the former president, who is not himself free from slips of the tongue or confusion in his speeches.
Between the images of a president tripping on stairs and confusing remarks during speeches, Joe Biden’s ability to govern until the end of a second term raises questions within the American electorate and begins his chances of re-election.