Presidential physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor released a report from Joe Biden’s physical, finding that there are “no new concerns” over his health.
“The President feels well and this year’s physical identified no new concerns,” the report said. “He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.”
Biden’s health is “stable and well-controlled,” O’Connor added, noting that the president is a “healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief.”
Biden did not take a cognitive test as part of the physical.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden “doesn’t need a cognitive test … That is the assessment of the president’s doctor and the neurologist.”
She said that Biden “passes a cognitive test every day as he moves from one topic from another topic, understanding the granular level of these topics – you saw him talk about fighting crime today, tomorrow he’s going to go to the border, next week he’s going to give a State of the Union address – and so we have to keep that in mind. This is a very rigorous job, and the president has been able to do this job every day for the past three years.”
Calls for a cognitive test grew after Special Counsel Robert Hur noted in his report on Biden’s handling of classified materials that Biden’s memory was “significantly limited.”
“Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023,” the report adds. “And his cooperation with our investigation, including by reporting to the government that the Afghanistan documents were in his Delaware garage, will likely convince some jurors that he made an innocent mistake, rather than acting willfully – that is, with intent to break the law – as the statute requires.”
Biden also failed to “remember when he was vice president” in an interview with the special counsel, the report added.
