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President Joe Biden joked Wednesday that after his annual bodily the morning earlier than, docs instructed him he regarded “very younger.”
Biden, 81, made the joke amid hypothesis about what docs might need discovered once they evaluated him that morning, as questions arose about whether or not he was mentally or bodily match for one more time period within the White Home.
When he spoke to reporters, he was requested about his bodily situation and what his docs needed to say.
“They assume I look too younger,” he stated.
Joe Biden on potential well being considerations after his annual bodily: “They assume I look too younger!”pic.twitter.com/gYvHrcTOem
– Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) 28 February 2024
Biden added “the whole lot is nice” concerning his well being and concluded, “There's nothing completely different from final yr.”
Based on NBC Information, Biden underwent a routine bodily examination at Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, and was declared “match for obligation.”
White Home doctor Kevin C. O'Connor wrote in a abstract of the examination that Biden “absolutely performs all of his obligations with none waiver or lodging.”
Because the New York Put up famous, Biden didn’t alert the general public concerning the physician's go to forward of time and the appointment was not on his schedule.
The go to grew to become recognized solely on Wednesday morning when Biden was leaving the White Home and shouted at reporters.
He stated, “I'm going to Walter Reed for my bodily.”
White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was requested about Biden's bodily situation through the every day media briefing on Wednesday afternoon.
When pressed on Biden's well being points and whether or not he ought to endure cognitive testing, she was evasive, NBC Information reported.
When requested why Biden was not making his private doctor out there to the media, Jean-Pierre referred to his transient feedback at a go to to Walter Reed.
cowl up? Carine Jean-Pierre claims they’re “making an attempt to get again to regular” by blocking Biden's doctor from briefing the press on Biden's bodily and cognitive well being. pic.twitter.com/75RIHcCb64
– RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) 28 February 2024
“The president stated he thought he was too younger,” she stated. “You heard from the president, he talked about it when he was requested.”
Biden's age and health have been a supply of questions for years.
The president's well being lastly obtained widespread media protection final month, when Justice Division particular counsel Robert Hur stated he didn’t cost Biden in his categorized paperwork case due to his age and psychological state.
A report by Hur stated Biden had critical reminiscence issues through the interview and that if he have been accused of mishandling delicate data and tried, sympathetic jurors would deal with him like a forgetful outdated man. Should have seen in type.
This text initially appeared on The Western Journal.