Republicans demand Biden’s doctor sits for interview about president’s medical assessments

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Oversight Committee chair James Comer has demanded Joe Biden’s doctor sits for an interview about his medical assessments and potential business dealings with the Biden family, amid the escalating controversy around the president’s mental and physical well-being. In a letter addressed to Dr Kevin O’Connor on Sunday, the Republican lawmaker wrote that he is “concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family.” He asked Dr O’Connor to sit for a closed-door interview and hand over any communications he may have had with James Biden, the president’s brother, regarding Americore – a now bankrupt healthcare business. “If extreme House Republicans want to take a look at a White House physician, here’s an idea for where to start,” they added, pointing to a The Washington Post article about former president Donald Trump’s former personal physician Ronny Jackson, titled: “‘No prescription needed’: Inside a White House clinic’s ‘systemic problems’”. The letter tries to suggest that Dr O’Connor may have provided a more positive medical exam because he provided counsel to James Biden about Americore before the president entered office – a connection to a separate, and so far failed, impeachment inquiry investigation led by Comer focused on the Biden family’s business dealings.