Biden says he’s making unannounced visit to Walter Reed for physical exam

President Biden revealed Wednesday that he’s making an unannounced journey to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a physical exam.

Biden has undergone yearly physical examinations because the starting of his time period, according to each different commander in chief since President Richard Nixon.

Walter Reed, the hospital utilized by all presidents for routine medical care and examinations, is positioned in Bethesda, Maryland.

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President Biden offers a thumbs up as he walks with first woman Jill Biden to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Earlier this month, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden’s doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, doesn’t imagine a cognitive check is important. She stated O’Connor believes Biden proves his cognitive capability “every day [in] how he operates and how he thinks.” 

“Does the White House think that the idea of the president taking a cognitive test as a part of this physical is a legitimate idea?” a reporter requested.

“I’m just gonna say what Dr. O’Connor said to me about a year ago when [Biden’s physical] was released,” Jean-Pierre responded. “The president proves every day [in] how he operates and how he thinks, by dealing with world leaders, by making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people – whether it’s domestic or it’s national security.”

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The entrance to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Olivier Douliery/AFP by way of Getty Images)

Biden acquired his final physical on Feb. 16 of final 12 months, when his doctor gave him a clear invoice of well being in a letter that stated Biden was “fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”

The Wednesday physical will possible be the ultimate replace on Biden’s well being earlier than the November presidential elections.

Critics have demanded extra transparency from the White House concerning Biden’s physical and psychological well being following the report from Special Counsel Robert Hur that claimed the president had vital reminiscence points.

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President Biden speaks within the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, following the discharge of Hur’s report. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Hur’s report – which concluded that no felony expenses had been warranted concerning Biden’s mishandling of categorized paperwork – surmised that at trial, Biden “would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” 

The particular counsel, due to this fact, asserted that it could be tough to persuade a jury that they need to convict him – “by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.” 

It additionally cited how Biden blended up the date of the dying of his son, Beau. 

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.