US presidential election: 81-year-old Joe Biden undergoes annual medical examination

At a time when his ability to lead the country is in doubt, Joe Biden, the oldest sitting president in American history, announced this Wednesday that he will undergo a routine medical examination at Walter Reed Hospital. A priori, this is the last medical examination before the presidential elections in November, in which the 81-year-old Democrat is running.

The results of a medical examination conducted at the military hospital, located near Washington, will be released later today, the White House said. In February 2023, his doctor Kevin O’Connor concluded that Joe Biden was “healthy”, “vigorous” and “fit” to perform his duties. He then had a “small” cancerous lesion on his skin removed.

The Democrat is running for a second term, at the end of which he will be 86 years old if re-elected. He is all but guaranteed to face his 77-year-old predecessor, Donald Trump, at the polls in November.

Between images of the president stumbling down the stairs and confusing remarks during speeches, Joe Biden’s ability to lead the country through his second term is casting doubt on the American electorate and hurting his chances of re-election in November.

Trump says his cognitive tests were ‘exceptional’

In early February, the special prosecutor tasked with investigating the US president’s secret documents declined to prosecute him, arguing, among other things, that the jury would not be willing to sentence “an elderly man to prison.” wrong memory.” The Biden camp then denounced the “indefensible” and “inappropriate” comments.

He defended himself during a television interview Monday, arguing that he is more respectable “than the other guy,” Donald Trump, whom he accused of forgetting his wife Melania’s name. On November 20, the day Joe Biden celebrated his 81st birthday, the Republican published a short letter from his doctor stating that he was in “excellent” health, had lost weight (without specifying how much), and that the results of his cognitive tests were satisfactory. “exceptional”