US President Joe Biden was riding a bicycle on Saturday morning, but did not suffer any injuries.
A video from the White House Pool Report shows the 79-year-old president getting up shortly after a fall. Then he says: “I am good.”
He was biking with First Lady Jill Biden near his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and stopped to talk to the audience when he fell.
After stopping he fell.
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The president told a small crowd of well-wishers and journalists that he had lost his balance while trying to take a leg out of a bike clip.
The result: “an insane scuffle of the Secret Service and the press,” the White House pool report said, adding that there were no visible scratches or scratches from the fall.
“No medical help is needed,” a White House official said. “The president looks forward to spending the rest of the day with his family.”
As the oldest US president, Biden’s health is a subject of continued attention, especially as speculation rages on whether he will seek a second term in 2024.
In November 2020, shortly after his election but before taking office, Biden broke a leg while playing with his pet German shepherds.
But a year later, in November 2021, his doctor gave Biden a clear bill of health, describing him as “healthy” and “vigorous.”
Taking some questions from reporters on Saturday, Biden said he was “in the process of making up his mind” about easing some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods to ease inflationary pressures.
He said that he would soon speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
And asked if he was satisfied with progress on gun legislation — new demands for action emerged after the mass shootings in Texas and New York — Biden said only that he was happy with the action by his home state of Delaware, which launched the attack- The style was banned Weapon, Arms.
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