In January 2021, Biden was sworn in at the age of 78, becoming the oldest president in U.S. history. Biden's physical health, who is 80 years old this year, has been attracting attention.
According to CCTV news reports, on March 3, local time, White House doctors said that Biden's biopsy confirmed that Biden's wound healing site healed well after completing the chest skin basal cell carcinoma tissue resection surgery, and all cancer tissue has been successfully removed and no further treatment is required.
According to previous reports, during the physical examination in February this year, Biden underwent a routine examination related to skin cancer. Doctors removed a lesion in Biden's chest and sent him for a biopsy.
It is worth noting that last year Biden said in a speech that he "has cancer." The White House then rushed to clarify that Biden was referring to his past skin cancer and just misused the present tense.
US President Joe Biden receives a booster shot in Washington. Image source: Xinhua News Agency
Multiple falls, slips of the tongue
White House Doctor Physical: Fit to perform presidential duties
Biden's physical and mental health has always been very worrying to the outside world.
In March 2021, when Biden was preparing to go to Atlanta, he fell three times on the gangway of Air Force No. 1, causing heated discussions on the Internet.
In May 2022, Biden traveled to Illinois for another trip and nearly fell on the gangway.
In June of the same year, Biden suddenly fell while riding a bicycle while on vacation in Delaware, causing the surrounding crowd to exclaim. He then struggled to get up with the help of security guards and staff.
On February 22 this year, Biden ended his visit to Warsaw, Poland, and returned to Washington on Air Force One, but he accidentally fell again as he walked up the boarding ladder to board.
US President Biden is suspected of falling while boarding "Air Force One" Source: US media
In addition, Biden's repeated slips of the tongue also left a lot of handles. These include repeatedly calling Vice President Harris the President of the United States, remembering Secretary Austin's name, mistakenly referring to Iran as Iraq, and so on.
On April 22, 2022, local time, after US President Biden's speech in Seattle, there was another scene of "shaking hands" against the air. Source: Global Network video screenshot
On February 16, Biden underwent a physical examination of about three hours at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. This is the second routine physical examination since Biden became president.
On the same day, Kevin O'Connor, the presidential doctor of the White House, released a five-page physical examination report. The report concludes that Biden, 80, is "still healthy, energetic" and fit for presidential duties.
The report also said that Biden did not have any sequelae of the "long new crown" after being infected with the new crown. Biden contracted the new coronavirus on July 21, 2022, and said at the time that "the symptoms were very mild." After receiving treatment to turn negative, he "recovered" on July 30 and finally tested negative for the new coronavirus on August 6.
With regard to the "stiff gait" problem mentioned in the last medical examination, the latest report states that the problem of gait stiffness persists, but it has not worsened.
The report notes that Biden has several minor illnesses that will continue to be treated, including nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal reflux, seasonal allergies, spondyloarthritis, and more.
O'Connor wrote in the report that Biden does not smoke and drink and exercises at least five days a week. The blood tests are all normal and the weight is normal.
The Bidens battle cancer
Cancer has always been like a lingering haze for the Biden family. In 2015, Biden's eldest son, Bo, died of brain cancer at the age of 46.
In a speech on climate change, environmental pollution and clean energy on July 20 last year, Biden said that because Delaware, where he grew up, was heavily polluted by refineries, many people, including him, developed cancer.
In response, the White House responded to the reporter that Biden was talking about skin cancer that he had previously removed.
Biden's doctors did say in a November 2021 report on Biden's health that Biden had surgically removed several "localized, non-melanoma" skin cancers before becoming president.
According to Dr. Biden's 2021 Biden Health Report, Biden's skin cancer was not caused by what he called "refinery pollution," but because he was "exposed to the sun for a long time" when he was young.
In addition, in January this year, US First Lady Jill Biden was also revealed to have basal cell carcinoma.
On January 11, local time, Jill Biden underwent surgery. Surgeons removed cancerous lesions above her right eye and chest, while examining a third lesion on her left eyelid.
Biden's doctor, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, introduced that the lesions found in Jill Biden's right eye and chest in the recent "routine skin cancer screening" were confirmed as basal cell carcinoma through examination. According to reports, basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer and the most curable type, especially when detected at an early stage. It is a slow-growing cancer that is usually confined to the surface of the skin, and doctors can mostly remove it in its entirety through a shallow incision, and rarely causes serious complications or is life-threatening.
Biden will officially announce his re-election campaign?
Biden's physical condition has attracted great attention from the outside world. Because the oldest president in U.S. history is considering seeking a second term.
According to global network reports, US First Lady Jill Biden sent "one of the clearest signals to date" on February 24 local time, and she said in an interview with the media that US President Biden is about to run for a second term. Jill Biden said there was "almost" nothing left to do other than determine when and where the announcement would be made.
Biden's aides said the news of his re-election campaign could be announced after the end of the first fundraising season in April, when Biden officially launched his campaign, according to the Associated Press.
If Biden is successfully re-elected, he will turn 86 at the end of his second term, and conservative critics in the United States have been questioning his age and health, and even many Democrats have said in polls that they are concerned about Biden's age. Republican Rep. Ronnie Jackson, who worked as a White House doctor under Obama and Trump, questioned it, calling on the White House to stop "covering up" Biden's health. Jackson also questioned that Biden's latest physical exam's report did not mention that the president underwent cognitive testing in the event of "deteriorating mental health."
About three-quarters of Americans — including more than half of Democrats and a vast majority of Republicans — say Biden is too old to hold office, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Feb. 6-13. While a majority of Democrats surveyed believe the president is still quick-witted, about half feel that Biden cannot afford the physical damage of the presidency.
A February poll by The Washington Post and ABC also showed that 54 percent of Americans said Biden was not qualified for president because he did not have the sharp thinking required for the job. This is up from 43% in May 2020.
A poll released by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was even more dismal. Overall, only 22 percent of U.S. adults say Biden should run again. Even Democrats have reservations about Biden's re-election bid. Only 37 percent of Democrats believe Biden should seek re-election, down from 52 percent before the midterm elections last November.
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