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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Biden suggests he could drop out of race if doctors tell him he has a medical issue
US President Joe Biden indicates he could reexamine his decision to stay in the presidential race if doctors told him he had a medical issue, he says in an excerpt from an interview with BET News released today.
Biden, who has so far been adamant that he would not drop out despite mounting concerns over his age, is asked if there was anything that would make him reconsider.
“If I had some medical condition that emerged,” Biden says. ” If doctors came to me and said, ‘You got this problem, that problem.'”
The comments, made in the interview recorded yesterday, mark the first time he has suggested that something could force him out the race.
President Biden said in a new interview with BET News that he would consider dropping out if he was diagnosed with a “medical condition” by doctors. pic.twitter.com/XecwiBwOE0
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) July 17, 2024
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