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    • Parkinson's specialist met with Biden's physician at the White House earlier this year, records show

    President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 7, 2024, after returning from a trip to Pennsylvania. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo) President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 7, 2024, after returning from a trip to Pennsylvania. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
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    A top Parkinson鈥檚 disease specialist held a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden鈥檚 physician at the White House earlier this year, according to records, though the circumstances of the meeting are unclear.

    Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, met with White House physician Dr. Kevin O鈥機onnor at the White House in mid-January, according to White House visitor logs.

    Cannard has visited the White House three times this year, according to the visitor logs: A Jan. 17 meeting with O鈥機onnor, and with another staffer on Jan. 26 and March 28. Cannard has visited the White House at least eight times over the past year, according to the logs, beginning last August and ending with the March 28 meeting.

    Only the Jan. 17 meeting lists O鈥機onnor as the person who was visited.

    Asked about the visit between Cannard and O鈥機onnor, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said, 鈥淎 wide variety of specialists from the Walter Reed system visit the White House complex to treat the thousands of military personnel who work on the grounds.鈥

    Those visits include one from a neurologist each year for Biden鈥檚 physical, Bates said. Biden has not been seen by a neurologist during his time as president outside the context of his annual physical, he added.

    U.S. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later repeated Biden had been seen by a neurologist three times during his presidency 鈥 once during each of his physicals 鈥 but declined to name them or explain why Cannard had visited the White House eight times over the past year.

    She said she wouldn鈥檛 name the specialist due to security reasons.  name Cannard as a neurology specialist supporting the White House Medical Unit.

    鈥淚 am not sharing, confirming names from here,鈥 she said during the news briefing, which quickly became contentious as Jean-Pierre deflected questions about the president鈥檚 health. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 matter how hard you push me, it doesn鈥檛 matter how angry you get with me, I鈥檓 not going to confirm a name, it doesn鈥檛 matter if it鈥檚 even in the log, I am not going to do that from here.鈥

    Jean-Pierre added Biden has never been treated for, or taken any medicine to treat, Parkinson鈥檚.

    Cannard 鈥 who鈥檚 worked as a neurologist for Walter Reed for more than a decade 鈥 has visited the White House multiple times, , which don鈥檛 detail the reasons for the visit, including whether Cannard was visiting in reference to Biden or another person who works at the White House.

    President Joe Biden speaks to supporters as first lady Jill Biden, left, looks on at a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Biden鈥檚 latest health report, released by O鈥機onnor, indicated the president had been screened for a number of neurological conditions, including Parkinson鈥檚, with negative results, as did two other physical reports from Biden鈥檚 time as president.

    The six-page letter from O鈥機onnor, released after the president underwent his last physical in February, says several specialists consulted on the physical, including a neurological specialist.

    It later says O鈥機onnor convened several specialists, including an unnamed movement-disorder neurologic specialist, to review Biden鈥檚 stiffened gait, which had been noted since Biden鈥檚 November 2021 physical.

    That team concluded Biden鈥檚 stiff gait was the result of 鈥渨ear and tear鈥 on his spine and not a neurological condition, O鈥機onnor wrote. An 鈥渆xtremely detailed鈥 exam resulted in no findings consistent with Parkinson鈥檚, multiple sclerosis, or other neurological disorders.

    News of the visit by Cannard comes as Biden鈥檚 age, fitness and mental acuity have been under intense scrutiny following his faltering June 27 presidential debate performance against former President Donald Trump.

    In the 11 days since that performance, Biden has had to defend his position on the top of the Democratic ticket and his ability to govern for another four years if he is reelected. Both the White House and Biden have repeatedly been asked about tests and doctors visits in the months before the debate and the moments after.

    Biden was asked in an ABC interview on Friday whether he had taken specific tests for cognitive capability. The president responded by saying he is regularly seen by White House doctors and added, 鈥淣o one said I had to 鈥 they said I鈥檓 good.鈥

    The president also added that he spoke with his doctor and was told, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e exhausted.鈥 Biden said, 鈥淏eing president鈥 means 鈥淚 get a full neurological test every day.鈥

    Speaking with Biden during an interview Monday morning, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski asked Biden specifically whether he had undergone any recent tests for Parkinson鈥檚. Biden confirmed he had.

    鈥淗ave you been tested for any age-related illness, pre-Parkinson鈥檚 or anything like that, that might explain sort of having a night like that where you couldn鈥檛 finish sentences?鈥 the MSNBC host asked.

    Biden laughed before responding: 鈥淚 had before.鈥

    The president added: 鈥淚 was feeling so badly before the debate, when I came back, they tested me for - I thought maybe I had COVID, maybe there was something wrong, I had an infection or something. They tested me, they gave me those tests, I was clear.鈥

    The White House and Biden campaign have alternatively blamed Biden鈥檚 poor performance during the debate on his packed travel schedule in the weeks before 鈥 Biden went to France to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day and Italy to attend the G7 鈥 and a cold.

    The White House initially said Biden wasn鈥檛 seen by a doctor after the debate, but then reversed after Biden told a group of governors during a meeting last week that he underwent a medical checkup after the debate and is fine.

    This story has been updated with additional information

    CNN鈥檚 Arlette Saenz contributed to this report

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