Is Joe Biden experiencing cognitive decline? Here’s why we shouldn’t speculate

First Published in The Conversation : July 17, 2024. Author: Lyndsey Collins-Praino Associate Professor, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide

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Politics in the USA is in a sad way. There is both misinformation and disinformation. There has been violence since Trump was defeated in the 2020 election, first with the insurrection of the storming of the Capitol and the latest with the shooting of Donald Trump. In both cases innocent people were killed.

As a result of Biden’s poor performance in the first debate, increasingly Democrat members have called for him to stand down and another to be endorsed as the Democrat candidate. There has been rampant media publicity regarding Biden’s fitness for office, much of it skewed and based on ageism or simple prejudice.

The following article gives some sound and balanced information in regard to Biden’s fitness or otherwise to stand for election and to some of the exaggerated statements made about his mental capacity.

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As the United States presidential election race gathers pace, current president Joe Biden’s advanced age continues to draw significant scrutiny.

But either candidate would reach the record for the oldest sitting US president over the course of their four-year term. While Biden is currently 81 years old, former US president Donald Trump, at 78, is only three years…