President Joe Biden defended his mental acuity Monday but said he understands why people are asking “legitimate” questions about his age and fitness for office.

The president sat for an interview, scheduled prior to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend, with NBC News’s Lester Holt at the White House before departing Washington, D.C., for Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday evening.

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