The health of a leader—and when it has been questioned

The president of the United States is perhaps the highest office on earth. But one largely silent figure really holds the keys to the kingdom: the president’s physician. It is the premier’s doctor who is privy to the most intimate conceivable details, and who—should they cast doubt over their charge’s wellbeing—can shift the course of history.That is if their word is taken, of course. Kevin O’Connor, White House physician since 2006, championed the “excellent” mental acuity of his 81 year old VIP, disclosing that “an extremely detailed neurologic exam was again reassuring in that there were no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder.”Yet Joe Biden’s hopes of re-election have been torpedoed by increasingly loud public speculation over his health. Repeated verbal gaffes, including confusing Donald Trump for Kamala Harris, and Vladimir Putin for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, mean his presidential career will come to an…
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