This Friday, Kamala Harris starred in the historic moment in which she became, albeit for just over an hour, the first female president of the United States since Joe Biden passed her colonoscopy over to her.
The Joe Biden administration, who is the oldest person to serve as president on the eve of his 79th birthday, continues to set records, and Kamala Harris, already the first black person of South Asian descent to take up the post of vice president, was today interim president of the United States for one hour 25 minutes.
The Democrat underwent a routine colonoscopy at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and handed over powers to the vice president during anesthesia, the Associated Press reported.
US government spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained that Biden resumed his duties after speaking with Harris and White House chief of staff Ron Klein. As interim president, Kamala Harris worked from her office in the west wing of the White House, Jen Psaki said. As soon as Biden woke up from a medical procedure, Harris traveled to Ohio.
Psaki noted that the vice president “makes history every day” and that Biden was well aware of the scale of his choice when he invited her to the administration. “Today was certainly a different chapter in this story. I think it is remarkable for women and girls all over the country, ”added a government spokeswoman.
Interest in the health of the U.S. president has grown since he announced the 2019 race for the White House, and continues at a time when there is speculation about a possible re-nomination in 2024.
Biden went to a medical center in the Washington suburbs for his first routine physical as president, the first since December 2019.
At the last medical examination, doctors considered Biden “healthy and energetic” and “fit for the successful fulfillment of the duties of president.”
Since 2003, Biden has had episodes of atrial fibrillation, a form of irregular and potentially severe but treatable heartbeat, according to medical reports at the time.
Lead physician Kevin O’Connor listed tests that showed Joe Biden’s heart was functioning normally, and that the only caution was taking medications to prevent the risk of blood clots or stroke.
In 1988, Biden developed a serious health problem that required surgery to treat two brain aneurysms. The doctor said that since then, the current president has no longer had similar problems, citing the 2014 exam.
Following the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, Joe Biden signed letters to Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, Senate President and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at 10:10. [15:10 em Lisboa], stating that he cannot perform his functions during the action of anesthesia.
At the end of the exam at 11:35 am. [16:35 em Lisboa], sent one more emails to these figures to resume work.
