One step at a time, Joe.
According to an Axios report, President Biden’s campaign team is particularly worried that Joe is just one slip-and-fall away from being out of the 2024 race —so they’re doing their best to make sure he doesn’t slip.
This is real.
From Axios:
Driving the news: As voters express deep concerns about the 80-year-old president’s age and fitness for office, Biden’s team is taking extra steps to prevent him from stumbling in public — as he did in June, when he tripped over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy.
- With a physical therapist, Biden has been doing exercises to improve his balance as far back as November 2021.
- Since his stumble in June, he has been wearing tennis shoes more often to avoid slipping — and using the short stairs on Air Force One, entering the plane on a lower deck than before.
Biden’s balance difficulties are likely the result of what his physician has diagnosed as “a combination of significant spinal arthritis” and “mild post-fracture foot arthritis.”
More over at Axios:
🚨🚨Scoop: Biden don't-let-him-trip strategy – new shoes, balancing exercises, shorter stairs https://t.co/HZlvhtvOaV
— Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) September 26, 2023
