WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden “fit for duty,” a White House the doctor said in a published summary of his daily physical activity.
Kevin C. O’Connor, Biden “completely fulfilling all of his obligations without exception or accommodation” said in his assessment.
President He underwent a physical Wednesday morning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Her health remains stable, including asymptomatic atrial fibrillation, a stiff gait, and seasonal allergies.
The president began using a Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) device as part of his sleep regimen, which was added after doctors performed a sleep study to assess Biden’s sleep apnea symptoms, according to the assessment.
He also had a skin lesion that turned out to be basal cell carcinoma removed from his chest last year. In the evaluation, which said that the president did not need additional treatment in this matter, he noted that this type of skin cancer does not usually metastasize.
The report added that Biden had an “emergency tooth” pulled in June and that he had a root canal the same day that required only “local anesthetic.”
O’Connor said Biden continues to not use tobacco products or drink alcohol and exercises at least five days a week. According to the report, the president is “healthy, active, strong 81 years old”.
Speaking to reporters at the White House after the checkup, Biden said “everything is fine” and joked that doctors thought he looked “too young.”
“There’s nothing different than last year,” Biden said. “Everything is great.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at the daily briefing that she saw O’Connor after Biden’s physical examination.
“He was happy with how everything went,” Jean-Pierre said.
He dismissed questions about whether Biden needed a cognitive test, saying the president didn’t need one, saying that was according to Biden’s doctor, as well as a neurologist.
Biden “passes a cognitive test every day,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that he is constantly “moving from one topic to another, understanding the level of detail of these topics.”
A variety of medical professionals are involved in the president’s care, led by White House physician O’Connor.
He traveled to Walter Reed on Marine One with two assistant presidents: Annie Tomasini, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff; and Dilpreet Sidhu, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Security Council.
Former President Donald Trump, 77, and Republicans have highlighted Biden’s age on the campaign trail and questioned his ability to continue as president.
Biden, 81, has repeatedly said he is fine and fine Democrats defended him, describing him as physically intelligent in his interactions with her. Trump’s critics, including his sole GOP presidential challenger Nikki Haley, point out that the former president is nearly as old as Biden and also a few notable memory flubs at the end of the last months.
Biden last time he had a routine physical a year ago, in February 2023. A a five-page memo, O’Connor wrote that Biden “remains a healthy, vigorous 80-year-old man fit to successfully carry out the duties of the Presidency.” Biden is now 81 years old.
After a dermatology consultation, O’Connor removed a small lesion on Biden’s chest and sent it for a biopsy. The memorial also said Biden continued to take medication, including for cholesterol, and was asymptomatic for a heart arrhythmia known as atrial fibrillation.
The doctor also said Biden was suffering from acid reflux, which O’Connor said is the reason the president sometimes hears he’s clearing his throat.