Carl P. Leubsdorf: Biden’s health checks out

AP via Bozeman Daily Chronicle ^ | November 26, 2021 | Carl P. Leubsdorf

[John W]

At long last, President Joe Biden has undergone a thorough physical exam, and the detailed White House report ought to end the frequent insinuations from some critics that the nation’s oldest president is not up to the job.

But it probably won’t, given that he does show some signs of his age.

“President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief,” concluded Kevin O’Connor, who has been his primary care physician for 13 years.

The report didn’t deal directly with Biden’s tendency to stumble sometimes over words in his public statements, which some political critics have alleged show declining mental faculties. Biden last year told Axios on HBO he generally made “mistakes” while “searching for a second” to find the words, attributing it to “being tired,” not his boyhood stuttering.

Biden’s medical review seems to provide welcome reassurance that he has no health problems that keep him from doing his job. At least for now.

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"“President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief,” concluded Kevin O’Connor, who has been his primary care physician for 13 years."

Quack, Quack (Ka-Chink).

[MarvinStinson]

“Biden’s medical review seems to provide welcome reassurance that he has no health problems that keep him from doing his job.”