Biden shouldve been given multiple cognitive tests as president, Obamas doctor says

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s doctor should’ve made him undergo multiple neurocognitive tests during his presidency, former President Barack Obama’s physician told The Post.Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served as Obama’s doctor from 2009 to 2013, highlighted in a phone interview Saturday how Biden — and all politicians over the age of 70 — should be submitted to “a few hours” of annual mental exams and release those results to the public.“My position is that a 78-year-old candidate, Trump at the time, an 82-year-old president [Biden] would both benefit from neurocognitive testing,” said Kuhlman, who published a book “Transforming Presidential Healthcare,” recommending that in November 2024.“Any politician over the age of 70 has normal age-related cognitive decline,” Kuhlman said, pointing out that he’s been making the recommendation for nearly a year — and did so in a New York Times op-ed on the day Biden bowed out of the 2024 race.“If you look at his three physicals that were released as president, Dr.[Kevin] O’Connor wrote five to six pages, single-spaced.

He referenced 10 to 20 specialist physicians.”But the tests did not include any neurocognitive work, nor did Biden submit to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, as Trump did in his first term, a two-minute screening comprising around 30 questions to test for signs of dementia, according to Obama’s ex-physician.“I have no doubt that President Trump aced it,” he said of the test, but said the current White House, in the interest of full transparency, should also release CT scans that were taken after the assassination attempt against the Republican candidate in Butler, Pa., last July.Kuhlman added the Montreal Cognitive Assessment isn’t adequate to determine more serious mental slippage, one of the three main areas that medical professionals should be considering when evaluating the president, along with cancer and cardiovascular issues.Memory, reasoning, speed of processing and s...