Biden is having his annual physical exam, closely watched as he seeks reelection [Video]

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for his annual physical exam — and the results are sure to be closely watched as the 81-year-old president seeks reelection.

Biden is already the oldest president in U.S. history and would be 86 by the end of a second term, should he win one. After his last physical, performed in February 2023, doctors declared Biden “healthy, vigorous” and “fit” to handle his White House duties.

But voters are approaching this year’s election with misgivings about Biden’s age, having scrutinized his gaffes, his coughing, his slow walking and even a tumble off his bicycle.

“I’m going to Walter Reed to get my physical,” Biden told reporters as he left the White House, which said it will release a written summary of the “routine” checkup later in the day.

Former President Donald Trump, 77, is the favorite to lock up the Republican …