US Prez Biden Gets Annual Health Check But Skips Cognitive Test; More Ammo For Trump To Target 'Age'

Joe Biden took a short helicopter ride to the medical center that is often used by US presidents and left after just over two and a half hours, saluting naval staff and donning sunglasses before leaving in his motorcade. The White House said Biden's longtime doctor Kevin O'Connor was "happy with how everything went", adding that the assessment had involved a team of 20 physicians. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Biden not taking a cognitive test, saying it was the assessment of his doctors that the president did not need one. Biden's routine medical exam comes as voter concerns mount over the age of a leader who would be 86 at the end of a second term in office. The issue was thrust further into the spotlight this month when a brutal special counsel report portrayed Biden as elderly and forgetful, giving ammunition to his Republican rivals.