Joe Biden revealed that he had a medical check-up after the debate with Donald Trump and said he is in good health

President Joe Biden,who received the support of Democratic governors to continue his re-election campaign, revealed in a private meeting that he had a medical check-up after the presidential debate with Donald Trump y He assured that he is in good health.

This was confirmed by the 81-year-old president in a meeting last night with some Democratic governors at the White House, explaining that He had the check-up after last week’s debate with Donald Trump,in which he had a disappointing performance for most of the match.

Biden’s comments last night with some governors were revealed exclusively this Thursday to ABC News by two people who attended the White House meeting. According to the information, the American president went to the doctor because of a cold.

The person who spoke to the outlet said it was a brief exam that did not include any major tests. The president’s disclosure came hours after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied that Biden had undergone any medical tests since his last physical in February.

“We were able to speak to his doctor about that and the answer is no,” Jean-Pierre said. Asked again if he had undergone “any kind of medical examination,” he replied: “No.”

Another person with knowledge of the conversation during the meeting said the president conveyed to the Democratic governors “who was in good health”.

This situation is taking place amid strong pressure on the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to withdraw his candidacy from the Democratic side after his disastrous performance in last Thursday’s debate, although for now he is fighting to save it.

As reported The New York Timesthe White House chief told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to sustain his bid if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is fit for a second term.

That was the first time it emerged that Biden, 81, He is considering the possibility of renouncing his candidacy for the November elections,because after the debate he always said that he would not throw in the towel. The information, however, was denied on Wednesday by the White House.

The person Biden spoke to, whose name was not released, stressed that the president is still very much engaged in his re-election bid and plans to boost his image over the long weekend of the Fourth of July holiday.

In addition to the meeting he held with the governors and some Democratic representatives in Congress, Biden has scheduled an interview this Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Newsthe outlet that just broke the news about the president’s medical checkup, and campaign events in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The interview will air in its entirety as a prime-time special on Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The president is aware that everything must go impeccably well in these appearances.

“All of us Democratic governors are standing with Joe Biden and we all want to win in November,” Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz said after meeting with the president and his roughly 30 colleagues at the White House.

He also said that none of them deny “that on Thursday night It was a bad performance, a bad blowso to speak, but it doesn’t affect” what he believes, that Biden “is delivering.”

“The president has assured us that he is running to win,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul added.

Representing all of their colleagues, Hochul, Waltz and Maryland Governor Wes Moore underlined the risks of a second Donald Trump presidency and stressed that Biden “is here to win and we pledged our support to him.”

Asked by reporters whether he considered Biden “fit” for office, Waltz responded with a firm “yes.”

According to the audience, last Thursday’s debate had Trump as the winner with 67% to 33% who gave Biden the victory. But doubts about the president’s age, who would be 86 years old at the end of a possible second term, not only did not dissipate, but have intensified since then.

Concerns about the viability of the candidate to beat Trump and whether he can remain in the White House for another four years reached a peak. Democratic officials, donors and lawmakers spoke of a “catastrophe” and “disaster” and began to pressure the president to resign and make way for another candidate who can better confront Trump.

A survey of CNN measured that more than half of Democrats believe the party would have a better chance in November with another candidate.

But Biden has held out so far. He said he “fell asleep on stage,” that he had traveled too much before the debate across several time zones, that he was tired and had a bad cold. But many found those explanations insufficient.