Recently rumors began to swirl after a Parkinson’s disease specialist was seen visiting the White House on multiple occasions, sparking new concerns over the health of the president. Now his physician has written an open letter to dispel the churning rumor mill. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00The age of the presidential candidates this election cycle has been an issue from the start,
00:04with Donald Trump being 78 years old and Joe Biden being 81.
00:09Recently, rumors began to swirl after a Parkinson's disease specialist was seen
00:13visiting the White House on multiple occasions, sparking new concerns over the health of the
00:18president. Reporters pounced, and despite attempts to assuage concerns about it,
00:22his physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor has now written a letter to dispel the churning rumor mill.
00:27The letter outlines how neurologist Dr. Kevin Kennard was only visiting the White House as
00:32part of the normal tri-annual physicals for the president, writing in the missive,
00:36quote, Dr. Kennard was chosen for this responsibility, not because he is a movement
00:40disorder specialist, but because he is a highly trained and highly regarded neurologist here at
00:45Walter Reed and across the military health system with a very wide expertise, which makes him
00:50flexible to see a variety of patients and problems. According to the official White
00:54House visitors logs, Dr. Kennard visited the home of the president eight times in eight months.
00:59It's worth noting that during the Obama administration, he visited some 24 times
01:04in just four years. However, while Trump was living there, he discontinued the tradition
01:08of disclosing White House visitor logs, meaning the number of times the neurologist was there
01:13is unknown. Many have been worried about the mental acuity of President Biden,
01:17especially recently after his subpar debate performance on stage in Atlanta.