US President Joe Biden will undergo a “routine” colonoscopy today, a general anesthesia test, and will temporarily hand over power to his vice president, Kamala Harris, the White House has announced.
The details of the president’s health condition, which closes at 79 on Saturday, will be made public in the afternoon (US time), the US government clarified. “The president will undergo a routine colonoscopy,” the White House said at Walter Reed Medical Center near Washington.
“As was the case when President George W. Bush underwent the same intervention in 2002 and 2007, and in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Constitution, President Biden will hand over power to the Vice President for a short time under anesthesia, “he added. Biden, who does not smoke or drink, has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and received his third dose in late September.
He is the oldest president of the United States and has publicly announced that he intends to run for a new term in 2024, but his age raises speculation that he could abandon these plans.
