2024 US Presidential Election: Presidents' Health Hidden

The discourse surrounding the health of the chief executive has been reignited by Joe Biden’s performance in the first televised debate of the presidential campaign, but the long-standing quiet on the matter has not been broken.

Joe Biden is attempting to stay in politics. The 81-year-old president had to postpone his campaign after getting Covid-19. He was already under scrutiny for his mental state following the dismal June 27 debate versus Donald Trump. A diagnosis that could not have come at a worse moment, considering that, according to American media, on Thursday, July 18, former President Barack Obama—who is still a powerful figure in the Democratic Party—reportedly voiced his misgivings.

Barack Obama reportedly told those close to him that he thought his former vice president ought to “seriously evaluate the viability of his candidacy,” according to The Washington Post. He would be the most well-known Democrat to join the chorus calling on Joe Biden to resign if the claim turns out to be accurate. Rep. Jon Tester of Montana became the second Democratic senator to publicly urge the outgoing president to resign on Thursday. In an attempt to put an end to the rumors, the Democratic candidate’s campaign has had Biden reiterate that “only God Almighty” could persuade him to resign.

The press’s self-reflection, which admitted that it had not inquired enough about the president’s health, the New York Times’ disclosures regarding the frequent visits to the White House by a Parkinson’s disease expert, and the misdeeds of an entourage that believes the president to be becoming less and less aware all contributed to these uncertainties.

The US President persistently states that he is the most qualified to defeat Donald Trump on November 5 and that nothing will stop him from carrying out his duties to the fullest extent if he is re-elected, but he obstinately refuses to allow his physician to respond to inquiries from the media and to take any tests besides those whose findings he released in February.

Not that his four-year-old Republican opponent has been much more honest. His doctor’s final letter, which was released in November, is just three paragraphs long. Insufficient to satisfy voters who anticipate their president to have complete authority over his faculties. Many people don’t think the two oldest candidates in US history are, but nothing makes them prove it to them. Additionally, many of their predecessors were careful to keep quiet about illnesses or disabilities that occasionally had major repercussions when performing their duties, imposing a sort of omerta. The precedents are numerous and occasionally concerning, ranging from Woodrow Wilson’s complete incapacity to Ronald Reagan’s cognitive impairments, via Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s handicap or Calvin Coolidge’s depression. Nothing compels the long-kept secret about the tenants of the White House’s health—which has been less so since John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s administration—to be revealed.

The health of incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who is the clear favorite to win the Republican nomination, is still a major worry for American voters as they get ready for the 2024 presidential election. In the US, there has been a lot of talk about Biden in particular. An NBC survey from February 2024 found that 76% of Americans were concerned about his age. A recent special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified material added credence to these worries. According to the story, Biden has a “fuzzy” memory; it even claims that he was unable to recall significant events in his life, including the day his son passed away and his time as vice president.

In response, Biden and his advisors vigorously refuted these allegations, maintaining that he is fit for office, well-being, and mental acuity. But Biden wouldn’t be the first President to make up information about his health, and because of the long history that comes before him, he can even be removed from office under a constitutional amendment.

Prior to Roosevelt

Up to 1881, there was little discussion in the news about the health of US presidents. George Washington, the first American president, suffered from a number of illnesses during his lifetime, including tonsillitis, dysentery, malaria, TB, smallpox, and, in the first six months of his presidency, an excruciating boil the size of two fists. The public was not made aware in 1824 that William Crawford, a presidential contender, had almost died from a stroke. To put it plainly, the public and the American press upheld a don’t ask, don’t tell policy. Politicians’ personal medical information was frequently concealed from the public, and they were not held accountable for their actions.

2024 US Presidential Election: Presidents’ Health Hidden

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