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President Joe Biden is due to undergo a routine medical examination, his second since taking office in 2021, on Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
A summary of Biden’s condition, written by his physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, will go public in what could be a pivotal moment in determining whether the president, who is 80 years old, decides to seek re-election in 2024.
When Biden takes the oath of office on January 20, 2021, he will be the oldest person to take office in US history at age 78. If he wins a second term, the Delaware Democrat will break his own record, making him 86 by the time he left the White House.
Biden last received a medical exam in November 2021 from O’Connor, who has worked as Biden’s primary care doctor since 2009.
President Joe Biden (left) walks from Marine One to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on January 4, 2023, in Washington, DC Former President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at a Save America Rally in Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022, in Mendon, Illinois. Biden will receive a routine medical examination on February 16, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty; Michael B. Thomas/Getty
After that test, O’Connor’s six-page summary concluded: “President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old man, fit to successfully perform the duties of the Presidency.”
O’Connor noted two “specific observations” about changes in Biden’s condition, which he claimed were “validated by the patient.” He said the president has been “experiencing increased frequency and severity of ‘throat clearing’ and coughing” during public speaking, which “warrants a detailed investigation.”
The physician also said that Biden’s ambulatory gait, or style of walking, is “perceptively stiffer and less fluid than a year or so ago.”
O’Connor confirmed that Biden was taking medication to help manage non-valvular atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that can cause strokes, along with hyperlipidemia, caused by blood containing too much fat, and gastroesophageal reflux. disease, which sees stomach acid leak into the gullet. He also confirmed that Biden is receiving treatment for seasonal allergies, which he has “dealt with…most of his life.”
The examination determined that Biden is 5 feet, 11.65 inches tall and weighs 184 pounds.
Details of President Donald Trump’s examination were released in June 2020, with his physician, Dr. Sean Conley, who concluded: “There are no significant findings or changes to report.”
Kayleigh McEnany, then Trump’s White House press secretary, said the test proved Trump was “healthy.”
As part of the evaluation, Trump completed a more than two-hour physical exam at Walter Reed in November 2019 during a visit that was not publicly announced in advance.
Conley’s summary confirmed that Trump was taking hydroxychloroquine, a controversial drug that the president believes has helped fight COVID-19, though this claim has been denied by medical experts.
The document said Trump took the drug “in consultation with his appropriate care team members,” and did not experience any adverse effects.
Trump weighed 244 pounds and stood 6-foot-3 when the test was administered, according to the memo, meaning he weighed 60 pounds more than Biden.
In 2018, CNN reported that Trump had a “typical form of heart disease,” scoring 133 on a coronary calcium CT scan, with more than 100 suggesting heart disease. That increased his risk of heart attack, although cardiologist Dr. Rachel Bond of Lenox Hill Hospital noted that this is “normal for a person of his sex, race and age.”
Trump is now 76, meaning he will be 78 on January 20, 2025, when he could be re-elected president following the 2024 election.
In November, Trump announced that he would seek the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination in a speech at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home.
Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who later served as US ambassador to the United Nations, has announced she will also run.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll released this month found that 53 percent of Americans disapprove of Biden’s performance as president, compared to 42 percent who approve. Biden has yet to announce whether he will run again in 2024.
Newsweek reached out to Trump and Biden for comment.
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