| US President Joe Biden celebrates his 79th birthday at a Mass with his daughter at Brandywine Cathedral in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on the 20th (local time). © Reuters=News1 © News1 Reporter Won Tae-seong |
President Joe Biden celebrated his 79th birthday on the 20th (local time). As the oldest president since taking office earlier this year, he is set to break his own record as he celebrates his birthday.
AFP News and CBS News reported that President Biden, who celebrated his birthday on the same day, took a break without an official schedule in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. He is due to return to the White House on the 21st.
President Biden, who had a regular health checkup the day before his 79th birthday, did not report any special problems in the results of the checkup.
“President Biden is a healthy 78-year-old man well-suited to the successful presidency,” said Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, when he released a summary report on the results of his tests on the 19th. . He never had colon cancer.”
But he pointed out that President Biden’s gait is stiffer than before, and his coughing frequency is increasing and getting worse.
“I am in very good shape,” Biden said at a press conference shortly after the examination.
Biden, who set the record for the oldest president in history even when he took office, set a new record on his 79th birthday.
The average age of 45 U.S. presidents during their tenure is 56, and the previous record is 70, the age of former President Donald Trump when he took office in 2017.
Former President Barack Obama, who was president at the time Biden served as Vice President, said: “Happy birthday to my friend and brother. Thank you for making a better life for us all.”
Earlier on the 19th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a social welfare budget of about $2 trillion (2,380 trillion won) that President Biden is focusing on.
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| U.S. President Joe Biden meets with reporters after returning to the White House after a medical examination at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, near Washington, on the 19th (local time). © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyung Woo |
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