White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say Monday if or why a Parkinson’s disease specialist had been to the White House several times over the last year. There has been speculation among some in the medical community since President Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance that he may be or another neurological illness. reported Monday, neurologist Dr.
Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert, had been to the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through the spring, based on visitor’s logs. Last August, Cannard co-authored a , published around the time of his first visit to the White House, about treating the early stages of Parkinson’s. “Could you state very clearly, yes or no, was that expert here to participate in anything surrounding the care of the president of the United States?” a reporter Jean-Pierre during a news briefing on Monday.
The press secretary quoted from the of the president’s annual exam released in February, which stated, “An extremely detailed neurological exam was again reassuring in that there were no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder, such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or ascending lateral sclerosis.” “Every year that he has this exam, he sees a neurologist,” Jean-Pierre said. A reporter followed up, saying Jean-Pierre had not answered the question and prompting her to respond he has seen a neurologist du.