WHATEVER your view on the recent decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the campaign, the sitting leader's performance in the CNN debate shone a spotlight on the state of his health.
According to Bloomberg, it turns out Biden has quite an extensive list of checks in order to maintain his control (so to speak) on the free world.
After the debate, White House Physician, Dr Kevin O'Connor revealed that President Biden sees specialists for neurology, optometry, dentistry, physical therapy, orthopaedics, radiology, cardiology, dermatology and sleep medicine all as part of his annual physical check-up.
On the other side, Trump's personal doctor published a note last year advising the Republican candidate's health as "excellent".
What else can you expect given Trump got COVID-19, before vaccines were widely available, went into hospital and was back at work in four days, having been treated with an experimental therapy cocktail.
Remember that?
Some US Presidents have had much worse health scares.
In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan was deemed to only be able to concentrate for a few minutes at a time after surviving an assassination attempt in 1981.
Back in 1919, Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, with his true condition guarded by his wife, who some say was really the first female US President.
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