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Biden\u2019s physician Kevin O’Connor declared him to be \u201ca healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency,\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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President Joe Biden\u2019s physician declared him to be \u201ca healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency,\u201d according to a six-page report released Wednesday afternoon following a three-hour examination earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

White House physician Kevin O\u2019Connor found \u201cno new concerns\u201d during his exam. In his report, he wrote Biden is being treated for a number of ailments consistent with his age: \u201csleep apnea, a-fib with normal ventricular response, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal reflux, seasonal allergies, spinal arthritis and sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s gait, O\u2019Connor noted, \u201cremains stiff, but has not worsened since last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Wednesday morning, Biden took an unannounced trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to get his annual physical.<\/p>\n

Biden, whose public schedule was bare when the White House first distributed it Tuesday night, left for the check-up just before 9 a.m., informing reporters of his destination as he headed for Marine One.<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0third straight year<\/a>\u00a0Biden has received a physical exam in the first quarter of the year. The secrecy around the annual visit to Walter Reed was not unusual, but it underscored anew the heightened sensitivities around the subject of Biden\u2019s age and health, a concern for many voters as the 81-year-old seeks another four years in office this November.<\/p>\n

Recent polls have shown that Biden\u2019s age and fitness for office are his biggest liability, with 76 percent of voters expressing concern in a\u00a0recent NBC News poll<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month. And a\u00a0Quinnipiac University survey<\/a>\u00a0last week showed that just 34 percent of Americans believe Biden has \u201cthe mental fitness to serve a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n

That data emerged just weeks after a controversial report by Special Counsel Robert Hur, who opted against charging Biden in a classified documents probe and wrote that he found the president to be an \u201celderly\u201d man with a poor memory. Biden and aides\u00a0slammed Hur<\/a>, a Republican, for going beyond the scope of the investigation to criticize the president publicly in an election year.<\/p>\n

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden did not undergo a cognitive test during his exam Wednesday, explaining that O\u2019Connor did not deem one to be necessary. She said the rigors of being president amounted to a cognitive test \u201cevery day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s last physical came just over a year ago, when the president\u2019s physician, Kevin O\u2019Connor,\u00a0declared him \u201chealthy and vigorous\u201d in his public report<\/a>. It also noted some age-related conditions the president was being treated for including foot pain, elevated cholesterol and a minor heart arrhythmia.<\/p>\n

Appearing at the White House shortly after returning from Walter Reed, Biden responded to a question about his examination and health during a roundtable on crime. \u201cI\u2019m all right,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cEverything is squared away.\u201d<\/p>\n

When a reporter asked if there was \u201canything concerning that Americans should know about,\u201d Biden quipped: \u201cThey think I look too young.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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