Yet despite his potentially incapacitating health woes, the oldest president in America’s history stubbornly continues to resist the desperate pleas of top Democrats to step aside for a younger candidate.
“Joe is facing enormous pressure right now from donors and the party to bow out,” dishes a Beltway source.
“But he feels he’s entitled to a second term.”
Biden’s medical records confirm his health is fragile as he:
■ Was stricken by two life-threatening brain aneurysms that did extensive damage and required surgery.
■ Suffers from atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm that dramatically increases the risk of a stroke, heart attack and dementia.
■ Needed to have a cancerous skin lesion removed from his chest.
■ Suffers nerve damage from peripheral neuropathy.
■ Experienced dangerous weight loss that has alarmed doctors calling for an immediate examination.
■ Is prone to bouts of uncontrollable coughing that one internist suspects may be due to hardening of the arteries in his brain.
Biden’s feebleness seems readily apparent in his uneven gait and frequent befuddlement. In recent months he has appeared lost in public, mixed up members of his own Cabinet, confused the identities of foreign leaders, given deluded accounts of his past and even forgotten a key congressional ally had recently died.
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