But the eighty-year-old president – who ended abruptly his 2024 re-election campaign and fell out of the race for the White House on July 21 – also sparked renewed concerns about his health as he welcomed Russian prisoners back home this week.
According to Daily emailWitnesses at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday evening said Biden “stared blankly” and “looked into the distance” as vice president Kamala Harris welcomed Kurmasheva, Gershkovich, Whelan and Kara-Murza off the plane from Turkey.
He was also said to have moved only once during the post-midnight event – to scratch his head with what an onlooker described as a “blank appearance.”