White House denies that Biden has health problems

Media secretary Karin Jean-Pierre denied that Biden is being treated for Parkinson's disease, which could cause solid and vague speech movements.

Has the president been treated for Parkinson? No. Is Parkinson being treated? Not”, she said at a conference with reporters.

Jean-Pierre was answering a question about a report in the New York Times newspaper that an expert on Parkinson's disease visited the White House eight times since last year.

A letter issued late Monday by Biden's doctor explained that the expert in question, Kevin Cannard, has been a neurology consultant at the White House since 2012, and that he helps <x0... thousand active members working in support of White House operations”.

The president's doctor, Kevin O'Connor, also said that Biden has not visited any neurolog out of his annual control.

Beden, 81, Democrat, will compete for re-election in the November presidential elections.

Questions about his mental health have intensified since his poor performance in the republican counterCandidate debate, Donald Trump, 27 June.

In that debate, Biden has stuttered all the time and has failed to challenge Trump's attacks, which in many cases have involved false claims.

Beden has acknowledged that there was no good showing, but has said re-election of the Trump “would destroy democracy”. rel