A patient takes cognitive test in Columbus, Ohio. In carrying out his duties as leader of the free world, he said, “I have a cognitive test every single day.” Though the president dismissed the suggestion, medical experts said the idea of having Biden — along with his 78-year-old challenger, former President Trump — take some kind of cognitive exam had …
As the 2024 presidential election nears, two senior citizens are gearing up for mental marathons that will push them to their cognitive limits. Without medically valid, robust and transparent cognitive testing — neither Biden nor Trump have agreed to such a thing — it’s impossible to really know whether the signs of cognitive impairment we are witnessing in their public …
There’s no escaping it now. But the issue became magnified after Thursday’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, in which a special counsel called the president a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” The Trump team pounced, with strategist Chris LaCivita telling the New York Times the special counsel report is “damning and defining.” Well, OK, but if …