President Joe Biden‘s latest physical described the 81-year-old as feeling well, with the exam finding “no new concerns.”
Biden conducted the physical this morning, just under a year after his last one, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland.
“He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” reads a summary of the physical’s findings penned by Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
While health-related questions surrounding Biden mostly deal with his mental health and memory, O’Connor’s analysis centered mainly on his physical health. The White House says Biden did not take a cognitive test and that he doesn’t need one.
Biden briefly weighed in on the physical himself earlier in the day, joking that “they think I look too young” and adding, “There is nothing different than last year.”
The physical, his third since taking office, comes as Biden heads into a reelection campaign that would keep him in office until age 86.
Biden’s previous physicals have attracted scrutiny and skepticism, as have the physicals of previous presidents.
Former President Donald Trump was panned for allegedly dictating a statement disseminated by his 2016 campaign about his 2015 physical examination.
“If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Dr. Harold Bornstein, a gastroenterologist, wrote at the time.
The relatively rosy analysis of Biden’s physical may attract similar scrutiny this time around, especially as the repercussions of the Hur report and its description of the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory” continue.
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The physical was conducted the same day Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was born the same year as Biden, announced he will step down from the position in November.
“This will be my last term as Republican leader in the Senate,” McConnell said during a floor speech. “It’s time for the next generation of leadership.”