Editing Joe Biden (section)

=== Age and health concerns ===
{{Main|Age and health concerns about Joe Biden}}
[[File:Joe Biden 81st birthday.jpg|thumb|Biden's 81st birthday cake]]

As of 2025, Biden was the oldest sitting president in U.S. history. His cognitive health was perceived to have declined by Republicans and some media figures,<ref>
*{{Cite news |last=Klein |first=Betsy |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Biden's birthday prompts debate about age and wisdom of America's oldest president |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/20/politics/joe-biden-birthday-81/index.html |access-date=March 30, 2024 |publisher=CNN}}
*{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=November 19, 2023 |title=For an Aging President, a Birthday With a Bite |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/biden-birthday-age.html |access-date=March 30, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name = "cbsjuly1age"/> and privately by some Democrats. Members of Biden's family and White House staffers insulated Biden from scrutiny of his advanced aging and decline in acuity.<ref>
*{{Cite news |date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |title=How Biden's Inner Circle Worked to Keep Signs of Aging Under Wraps |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-public-election-campaign-343a47bf |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}
*{{Cite news |date=July 5, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |title=Biden's aging is seen as accelerating; lapses described as more common |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/05/biden-aging-recent-months/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
*{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |title=Biden's Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisome |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/politics/biden-lapses.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}
*{{Cite news |date=July 30, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |title=Top aides shielded Biden from staff, but couldn't hide the debate |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/06/30/top-aides-shielded-biden-white-house-debate |work=Axios}}</ref><ref name = "wsjagedec">{{Cite news |date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |title=How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2025 |title=How Biden's Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-age.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

The media widely covered public concern about Biden's mental acuity after a weak performance in a June 2024 presidential debate,<ref name = "cbsjuly1age">{{Cite news |last1=Salvanto |first1=Anthony |last2=Backus |first2=Fred |last3=Pinto |first3=Jennifer De |last4=Khanna |first4=Kabir |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Increasing numbers of voters don't think Biden should be running after debate with Trump — CBS News poll |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-debate-should-biden-be-running-mental-abilities/ |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> but gave it limited coverage beforehand, in part due to harsh pushback from White House officials.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2024|title = Biden's mental fitness could have been better covered leading up to the debate, some White House reporters acknowledge |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/media/biden-mental-fitness/index.html}}</ref> Biden repeatedly said he was fit to serve two terms as president,<ref>
*{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Dr. Marc |title=Should the nation be concerned about Biden's cognitive abilities? |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/591990-should-the-nation-be-concerned-about-bidens-cognitive-abilities/ |newspaper=The Hill}}
*{{Cite news |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |date=November 19, 2022 |title=President Biden Is Turning 80. Experts Say Age Is More Than a Number. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/us/politics/biden-age-health.html |access-date=September 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}
*{{Cite news |first=Anthony |last=Zurcher |date=April 25, 2023 |title=How Joe Biden's campaign hopes to overcome his age problem |publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65389142 |access-date=September 13, 2023}}
*{{Cite news |title=Joe Biden: 'Why the hell would I take a cognitive test?' |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-53671679 |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref> but later acknowledged that he may have been too old to serve a second term.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Biden Admits He Might Be Too Old To Have Served Another Term |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/08/biden-admits-he-might-be-too-old-to-have-served-another-term/ |date = January 8, 2025}}</ref>

As part of the [[Joe Biden classified documents incident|investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents]], special counsel [[Robert Hur]] stated that Biden did not remember when he was Vice President ("if it was 2013 - when did I stop being Vice President?"). Biden also did not remember when his son, Beau, died.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hur |first=Robert |date=February 2024 |title=Report on the Investigation Into Unauthorized Removal, Retention, and Disclosure of Classified Documents Discovered at Locations Including the Penn Eiden Center and the Delaware Private Residence of President Joseph R. Eiden, Jr. |url=https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=05/20/2025 |website=US Department of Justice}}</ref> Hur wrote that his memory "appeared to have significant limitations".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68245617 |title=No charge for Biden over classified documents but report questions memory |date=February 8, 2024 |website=[[BBC News]] |first1=Max |last1=Matza |accessdate=January 1, 2025 |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209073525/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68245617 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 21, 2022, Biden tested positive for [[COVID-19]] with reportedly mild symptoms.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wingrove |first1=Josh |last2=Sink |first2=Justin |date=July 21, 2022 |title=Biden Tests Positive for Covid, Has Mild Symptoms, White House Says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-21/biden-is-positive-for-covid-has-mild-symptoms-white-house-says |access-date=July 21, 2022 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref><ref name="AP News">{{Cite news |date=July 22, 2022|title=Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'very mild symptoms' |url=https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-biden-covid-health-government-and-politics-fec6b4a56384b1f2bf7582aecb46aa36 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> According to the White House, he was treated with [[Paxlovid]].<ref name="AP News" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shear |first=Michael |date=July 21, 2022 |title=Biden, 79, is experiencing fatigue, a runny nose and a dry cough after testing positive. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/politics/biden-covid-positive.html |access-date=July 21, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He worked in isolation in the White House for five days<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |last2=Klein |first2=Betsy |last3=Sullivan |first3=Kate |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Biden 'feeling great' and back to work in person after testing negative for Covid-19 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/joe-biden-negative-covid-test/index.html |access-date=July 30, 2022 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> and returned to isolation when he tested positive again on July 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Kevin |last=Liptak |date=July 30, 2022 |title=President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/politics/joe-biden-covid-19-positive/index.html |access-date=July 30, 2022 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 30, 2022 |title=Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-government-and-politics-6ffc64aa1d8d67b074dd8beb67d7cf6f |access-date=May 11, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |first1=Zeke |last1=Miller |first2=Josh |last2= Boak}}</ref> On July 17, 2024, Biden again tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Biden tests positive for Covid-19 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/president-joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19-rcna162435 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |first1=Lebowitz |last1=Megan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 17, 2024 |title=President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html |access-date=July 17, 2024 |publisher=[[CNN]] |first1=Donald |last1=Judd |first2=Sam |last2=Fossum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240717221451/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html |archive-date = July 17, 2024 |url-status = live}}</ref>