Today's cover: No more hidin’ Biden: We need to see tests that prove he’s mentally fit to serve
And he does suffer from a heart arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, which, though he is on blood thinners, increases his risk of cognitive problems.
Whereas President Biden is 80 years old and will be pushing 86 by the end of a completed second term, former President Donald Trump is 76.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoHis description of his own cognitive exam was dramatic — “Person, woman, man, camera, TV” — and quickly went viral, but it didn’t undermine the fair point that an aging leader of the free world should undergo such a test to reassure the American public.
Certainly, we are not in a position to assess presidential fitness via a video clip or past the smokescreen of a president’s handlers. All we can ask for is complete transparency — especially when it comes to an aged president with multiple medical problems that could interfere with function — transparency that we clearly aren’t getting.
Marc Siegel, M.D., is a clinical professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Health and a Fox News medical analyst.
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