US President Joe Biden will undergo Friday a “routine” colonoscopy, an examination under general anesthesia, and temporarily transfer his powers to its vice president, Kamala Harris, announced the White House this Friday, November 19, 2021. Details of the health check of the president, who turns 79 on Saturday, will be released in the afternoon , said the US executive.
“The president is going to have a routine colonoscopy“at Walter Reed Medical Center near Washington, said the White House.”As was the case when President George W. Bush underwent the same intervention in 2002 and 2007, and in accordance with the procedure provided by the Constitution, President Biden will transfer his powers to the Vice President for a short period, during that he is under anesthesia“, added the executive.
Joe Biden, who does not smoke or drink, is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and received his third dose at the end of September. He is the oldest president in US history and has made it public that he plans to run for his own succession in 2024, but his age is fueling speculation he might step down.
That same day, Joe Biden estimated, in a statement released Friday, that his economic program had done “a new giant leap“after the vote in the House of Representatives of a gigantic social spending plan.
This vote “is another giant step in the pursuit of my economic program, to create jobs, reduce costs, make our country more competitive and give workers and the middle class a real chance of success.“, we read in this text published when the president undergoes a check-up in a hospital on the outskirts of Washington.
For her part, Kamala Harris recently came to France for the celebration of the Armistice. She had met President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Jean Castex or even the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, but also Brigitte Macron during a dinner at the Elysee Palace.