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President Biden said in an interview released on Wednesday that he would re-evaluate whether to stay in the presidential race if a doctor told him directly that he had a medical condition that made that necessary.

Mr. Biden has said repeatedly that none of his doctors have told him he has a serious medical condition. Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, wrote after the president’s physical in February that Mr. Biden is “a healthy, active, robust, 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”

But his disastrous performance at a debate with former President Donald J. Trump last month, which prompted a wave of calls by Democratic allies to step aside, raised questions about his health and acuity.

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    4 months ago

    You ever see someone at Biden’s age fall down? A great aunt of mine was the caretaker for her husband who had sever dementia. She bathed him, managed his meds, everything. She falls and breaks her hip, she was dead in a week. This is common with patients that old, anesthesia alone FUCKs them up for days. A slippery sidewalk is a medical emergency for someone Bidens age.

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      4 months ago

      I recall hearing in a podcast that sometimes their bones are so worn out that it’s the other way around, their hips just snap and they fall down