2023-11-12 16:08:00
But the optics of the stiff gait of an ageing president have presented a challenge to the White House.
It decided in 2023 that Mr Biden would use a shorter, sturdier set of stairs to disembark from Air Force One.
This was following a series of stumbles on the occasionally wobbly 18-foot staircase from the plane’s upper door, which presidents have traditionally used.
In June the president tripped over a sandbag and fell during a US Air Force graduation ceremony.
In the same month he pledged to build a railway from “the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean”.
And in September 2022, he called out to Jackie Walorski, the Indiana congresswoman, at a White House conference, eight weeks following she was killed in a car crash.
‘Concerns regarding Biden’s age’
Mr Biden’s age is emerging as one of the major issues in the presidential election, even though his likely rival, Mr Trump, is 77.
Despite concerns regarding Mr Biden’s age, only one Democrat – 54-year-old Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips – has challenged him for the party’s presidential nomination.
Mr Trump’s rivals for the presidential nomination have also started questioning his capacity to do the job.
Nikki Haley, who is emerging as the former president’s likeliest challenger, accused him of being confused regarding who America’s allies were following he spoke positively regarding the leaders of North Korea and China.
Ron DeSantis’s campaign posted a video of Mr Trump appearing muddled at a New Hampshire rally.
It also highlighted another gaffe where Mr Trump greeted voters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa.
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