Biden stumbled as he climbed the stairs of the plane, apparently initially traveling, getting up and then traveling a second time. He struggled to get up for the second time for a brief moment, before making it up and turning to the top step to wave before moving inward.
‘So, as you know, it’s quite windy outside, it’s very windy. I almost noticed the stairs myself, ” she said as she informed reporters on the plane en route to Atlanta. “He does 100% fine.”
Jean-Pierre would not say if he hurt the foot that was recently broken.
“He’s doing well. All I can tell you is he’s doing well. He’s preparing for the trip today and he’s just doing well,” she said in response to a question.
She repeated that he was doing well when asked if Biden had checked out a doctor.
During the 2020 campaign, the Biden campaign released a summary of Biden’s medical history, which showed that the former vice president was healthy and fit for the presidency.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who has been Biden’s primary care physician since 2009 and is the director of executive medicine at The George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, wrote at the time that Biden is a “healthy, powerful” man fit for the duties of the to hold the presidency successfully. ‘