America’s oldest president, 78, recovered at the top of the stairs before leaving to meet with Asian American community leaders after the massacre in the massage parlor.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told White House reporters that the president was “doing well” after the fall.
“It was very windy. I almost noticed myself with the stairs. He does 100 percent, “she told reporters. “He is doing well. He prepares well for the trip. ”
The triple tumble comes amid the question of the aging president’s suitability for office after he referred to his vice president as “President Harris”.
Half of the Americans were “not confident” that Mr. Biden “was not physically and mentally at work”, and according to a third, he has not yet held a press conference, according to a poll by Rasmussen in March.
The White House has announced that Mr. Biden’s first press conference will be held on its 65th day on March 25.
Mr. Biden’s fall on a windy morning at Joint Base Andrews comes after he suffered a hairline fracture in his right foot with the dog Major in November, after which he had to wear a boot for several months.
Presidential uncertainty became a campaign issue during the 2020 election after Donald Trump’s awkward walk on a slight driveway at the West Point military academy.
Although it may have been transferred to a footnote of the election cycle, Mr. Trump defended for several days during campaign rallies and media interviews, saying The Wall Street Journal the ramp was “like an ice skating rink” smooth through his leather soles.
He also said the walk was taken out of context, with footage cut before he ran down the rest of the driveway.
“I looked very attractive,” he said. Trump said. “I took these little steps, then I ran down.”
Mr Biden is not the first president to stumble on the stairs to the plane. In 1975, President Gerald Ford fell down the stairs of Air Force One arriving in Austria. However, Betty Ford held her ground.