乔拜登总统将于周五在沃尔特里德医疗中心接受例行的年度体检 — 作为美国历史上最年长的第一任总统，他第一次上任.
“今天早上晚些时候, the President will travel to Walter Reed Medical Center for his routine annual physical. We will provide more details after he arrives at Walter Reed,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Friday.
The last extensive update on Biden’s medical state came in 十二月 2019, when the doctor he eventually recruited to serve as White House physician described him as “a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.”
拜登, 谁转身 79 周六, hasn’t released a full report on his health since.
Biden is not behind in releasing medical information compared to his recent predecessors, who waited a full year before undergoing a physical and authorizing details to be released publicly.
The latest update on Biden’s health came after he, then-president-elect, fractured his foot in November while playing with his dog. 二月里, Biden’s physician 说过 the foot fractures “are completely healed.”
Presidents are not required to publicly disclose results of their annual check-ups but have done so to be transparent and assure the American people in the face of questions about their state of health. 校长, 然而, have also hidden their illnesses, the severity of their illness, or medical treatments.
