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Biden, 80, Declared 'Fit for Duty' After Physical Exam

Biden, 80, Declared 'Fit for Duty' After Physical Exam
US President Joe Biden speaks ahead of a screening of the movie Till in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2023. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

Thursday, 16 February 2023 06:13 PM EST

Doctors declared U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, healthy and "fit for duty" on Thursday after a physical examination that included removing a lesion from his chest and declaring him free of symptoms of long-COVID after testing positive last year for the coronavirus.

"The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations," White House physician Kevin O'Connor said in a summary of the health exam. Biden is a "healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male," he wrote.

The exam was closely watched as Biden prepares for his expected run for a second term in 2024. The summary said Biden did not have any "long COVID" symptoms and that his stiff gait has not worsened since his last exam in November 2012.

Biden's three-hour session with doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, was his second extensive exam since taking office in January 2021.

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Doctors declared U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, healthy and "fit for duty" on Thursday after a physical examination that included removing a lesion from his chest and declaring him free of symptoms of long-COVID after testing positive last year for the coronavirus.
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