President Joe Biden joked on Wednesday that doctors told him he looked âtoo youngâ after he underwent an annual physical earlier in the morning.
Biden, 81, cracked the joke amid speculation about what doctors could have discovered while evaluating him earlier that morning as questions mount as to whether he is mentally or physically fit to serve another term in the White House.
While he spoke to reporters, he was asked about his physical and what his doctors had to say.
âThey think I look too young,â he said.
Biden added âEverythingâs greatâ regarding his health and concluded, âThere is nothing different than last year.â
According to NBC News, Biden underwent a routine physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and was pronounced âfit for duty.â
White House physician Kevin C. OâConnor wrote in a summary of the exam that Biden âfully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.â
As The New York Post noted, Biden did not alert the public of the doctorâs visit ahead of time and the appointment was not on his schedule.
The visit was only learned about Wednesday morning when Biden was departing the White House and shouted at reporters.
âIâm going to Walter Reed to get my physical,â he said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Bidenâs physical during her daily media briefing on Wednesday afternoon.
She was evasive when pressed on the matter of Bidenâs Health and whether he should take a cognitive test, NBC News reported.
When asked why Biden was not making his personal physician available to the media, Jean-Pierre referred to his brief comments on the visit to Walter Reed.
âThe president said that they thought that he was too young,â she said. âYou heard from the president, he talked about this when he was asked.â
Bidenâs age and fitness have been the source of questions for years.
The presidentâs Health finally received widespread media coverage last month, when Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur said he did not charge Biden in his classified documents case because of his age and mental state.
A report from Hur stated Biden had severe memory issues when interviewed and that had he been charged and tried for mishandling sensitive information, sympathetic jurors might have viewed him as a forgetful old man.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
