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President-elect Joe Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, and has stress fractures to the tarsal bones (midsole), which means he will have to wear a special orthotic for several weeks, he announced Sunday. his personal physician, Kevin O’Connor.
Initially, the X-ray showed no fracture, but then a CT scan was performed to confirm the diagnosis: small fractures (stress fractures) in the lateral cuneiform bone and intermediate cuneiform bone (two of the three tarsal bones).
On Sunday afternoon, the president-elect’s office announced that he had dislocated his ankle on Saturday while playing with his dog, but that out of “extreme caution” he would be examined by an orthopedist. Joe Biden was later examined by an orthopedic specialist in Newark, Delaware. The reporters accompanying him remained on the bus and could not see the president-elect enter the building, Reuters writes.
On Sunday night, incumbent President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter: “Improve your health soon!” and reposted a video of Joe Biden limping out of the orthopedic clinic and into a car.
At the age of 78, Joe Biden will be the oldest person to assume the presidency of the United States in January 2021, and both his supporters and opponents are likely to keep a close eye on his health.
During the campaign, his team published a medical report showing that the former vice president is healthy and fit to take over as president.
The Biden family has two dogs, Major and Champ, both German Shepherds.
Before the result of the medical exam Sunday night, the Biden-Harris team had announced who would be in charge of communication at the White House in the future administration. For the first time, the team is made up exclusively of women.
President-elect Joe Biden will take office on January 20, 2021.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
