“The Puzzle” with a Parkinson’s Disease Specialist

Reactions are intensifying, but also concern about Joe Biden’s health, and especially his mental readiness for a second term as US President.

According to the latest revelations, The US president’s physician reportedly met with a top neurologist in Washington. At the White House this year.

the exhibition It came to light after Biden ruled out doing so on Friday. Independent test of his memory and judgment To announce his findings, in an interview with ABC News, after his disastrous performance in a televised debate with Donald Trump last week.

According to White House visitor logs reviewed by the New York Post, Dr. Kevin Canard, Parkinson’s Disease Specialist At Walter Reed Medical Center, Meet Kevin O’Connor, an orthopedic physician who has followed the president for years.The visit was on January 17.

In fact, Canard reportedly visited the White House. eight times Until August 2023. On seven of those visits, the last in late March, he met with Megan Nasworthy, Walter Reed’s liaison to the White House.

Biden has denied conducting any tests, as he did in August 2020 when he dismissed a reporter’s question by saying: “Why the hell do I have to take the test?” For its part, the Washington Post reported on Saturday that a White House aide said that O’Connor, who has been Biden’s physician since 2009, I never recommended that Biden take a cognitive test..

During Biden’s interview with ABC News on Friday, host George Stephanopoulos, who served as White House communications director under Clinton, asked Biden if he had taken specific cognitive tests.. “Nobody said you had to.”, Biden replied.

Later in the show, Biden was asked if he would undergo independent neurological and cognitive testing and release the results. “I take a cognitive test every day.”Biden said«“I don’t just campaign, I run the world.”. After being pressed on this matter, the President finally replied: “I already did it”.

The “given” questions and accusations of cover-up

Questions about Biden’s mental state continued Saturday when two radio hosts who briefly interviewed him on Thursday revealed they had been given a list of With approved questionsThey actually said that Biden’s aides had sent them the list in advance. With four questionswhich was not negotiated.

Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Heath said that “Not at all an unusual practice for respondents.” Accepting the questions is not a condition for starting the interview.

Kevin Canard’s eight visits to the White House over the past 11 months are sure to raise more questions about the 81-year-old president’s mental capacity. In the wake of his conversation with Donald Trump and subsequent verbal errors.

Ronny Jackson, a Republican congressman from Texas who served as White House physician to Barack Obama and Donald Trump, previously called on Biden to undergo cognitive testing and accused O’Connor and the Biden family of trying to “cover up” Biden’s mental health issues.

Jackson told the New York Post he believes O’Connor and Biden. “They led the cover-up.”.

“Kevin O’Connor is like a son to Jill Biden who loves him.”Jackson continued, adding that “They knew they could trust Kevin to say and do whatever needed to be said or done.”

Last week, the White House initially denied, but later confirmed, that Biden had visited a doctor after the debate.