‘Yes, You Need it ASAP’, Internet Quips, as Biden Jokes About His Annual Physical

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press after visiting a Nantucket, Massachusetts, fire station on November 24, 2022.About 64 percent of Americans have made no bones about being “concerned” about the mental health of gaffe-prone US President Joe Biden, an October poll showed, with 50 percent of Democrats sharing these sentiments. Nevertheless, Biden, who turned 80 on November 20, has indicated he “intends” to run for office again in 2024.Joe Biden jokingly dismissed concerns regarding his health when a reporter pressed the US President on the date of his annual physical.

“What, do you think I need it?” replied the octogenarian Commander-in-Chief outside the Nantucket Fire Department in Massachusetts.

The Democratic POTUS, who was meeting with first responders on Thanksgiving, clarified that he had ostensibly gotten part of his physical checkup already out of the way, saying:“I’ve gotten my — I will get — part of my physical is already done, and I’ll be getting it before the end of the year.”