“The president doesn’t need a cognitive test,” claimed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a February 2024 briefing following what would be Biden’s final physical as commander-in-chief. “He passes a cognitive test every day.”

A former doctor for the White House under the Obama administration said former President Biden should have been tested for cognitive decline in his final year in office, given his age. Jeffrey Kuhlman said performing such a test on Biden would have shed light on the former president’s mental state and ability to serve