The White House has published letter from the doctor of the American President Joe Biden, after repeated questions about the president’s health and whether the proposed visits had taken place Parkinson’s disease specialist They specifically accused the candidate re-elected in November, amid speculation about his age and physical condition.

This was stated at a press conference by White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre. The President is not being treated for Parkinson’s disease in the face of repeated questions from journalists after the published protocols of visits to doctors New York Times And New York Post point out that Kevin Cannard, an expert on the disease, He visited the presidential residence eight times. between summer 2023 and spring of this year.

“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s disease? No. Are you being treated for Parkinson’s disease? No, that’s not true. Are you taking medication for Parkinson’s disease? No,” said Jean-Pierre, who declined to confirm the doctor’s visits to the White House. citing “security concerns.”

Jean-Pierre stressed that Biden examination by a neurologist during annual medical examinations“Every time you have a medical test, you need to see a neurologist. That’s the answer,” he said, before stressing that authorities “cannot reveal the names” of the doctors who come to the White House, “whether it’s a dermatologist or a neurologist.”

The White House later released a letter from Biden’s personal physician: Kevin O’Connor, in which he states that he has permission from the President and Cannard to provide details about these visits in order to achieve “accuracy,” and clarifies that “Cannard was the neurology specialist who examined Biden during his annual medical tests.”

O’Connor notes that Cannard “Since 2012, he has been a neurology expert in the White House medical unit.” and emphasizes that “(Cannard’s) findings were published every time the president’s annual physicals were published.” “President Biden has not seen a neurologist other than for his annual physicals,” he reiterates.

In this spirit, he claims that “the test results this year were detailed” in his letter of February 28, in which he spoke of “an extremely detailed neurological examination” that found that “No findings were found to indicate brain or neurological disorders.”

Finally, O’Connor emphasizes that Cannard ‘has been seeing patients at the White House for 10 years’ adding that he regularly visited the White House medical unit “to support the thousands of active members assigned to support White House operations.”

Biden’s health has been a central topic in recent weeks after a televised debate with former president and Republican White House nominee Donald Trump reached free up votes in his party in favor of his resignation and give way to another candidate that the president has excluded.