President Joe Biden‘s latest physical described the 81-year-old as feeling well, with the exam finding “no new concerns.”
Biden conducted the physical this morning, just under a year after his last one, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland.
“He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” reads a summary of the physical’s findings penned by Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
While health-related questions surrounding Biden mostly deal with his mental health and memory, O’Connor’s analysis centered mainly on his physical health. The White House says Biden did not take a cognitive test and that he doesn’t need one.
“He passes a cognitive test every day,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “every day as he moves from one topic to another topic, understanding the granular level of these topics.”
Biden briefly weighed in on the physical himself earlier in the day, joking that “they think I look too young” and adding, “There is nothing different than last year.”
The physical, his third since taking office, comes as Biden heads into a reelection campaign that would keep him in office until age 86.
It noted several chronic problems which were mentioned in previous physicals. The only new medical issue was that Biden started using a continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) machine in the spring to combat sleep apnea.
Chronic problems also mentioned last year include nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal reflux, seasonal allergies, stiffened gait, and “sensory peripheral neuropathy of feet,” all of which were listed as stable.
Biden is also receiving routine skin cancer surveillance, per the memo.
The president is listed as taking six medications, Eliquis, Crestor, a nasal spray, and over-the-counter Allegra, Pepcid, and Nexium. He does not smoke or drink, and O’Connor reported that he works out “at least five days per week.”
He was listed as six feet tall and weighing 178 pounds.
Biden’s previous physicals have attracted scrutiny and skepticism, as have the physicals of previous presidents.
Former President Donald Trump was panned for allegedly dictating a statement disseminated by his 2016 campaign about his 2015 physical examination.
“If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Dr. Harold Bornstein, a gastroenterologist, wrote at the time.
The relatively rosy analysis of Biden’s physical may attract similar scrutiny this time around, especially as the repercussions of the Hur report and its description of the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory” continue.
The physical was conducted the same day Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was born the same year as Biden, announced he will step down from the position in November.
“I turned 82 last week,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “The end of my contributions are closer than I’d prefer.
“One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” the Senate minority leader continued.
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But Biden’s doctors say he is ready and able to serve.
“President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully executive the duties of the presidency,” O’Connor wrote, “to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief.”
