by Paul Sperry at RealClear Investigations
For the next five months, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor will be one of the most powerful people in the world.
The White House physician is the chief medical arbiter of Joe Biden’s fitness to continue as commander in chief in a war-torn world until the end of his term in January. Even as the public has long expressed concern about the 81-year-old president’s mental capacities and Democratic Party leaders pressured Biden to drop his bid for a second term, O’Connor has repeatedly given his boss a clean bill of health.
As Republicans demand that the president be removed from office under the 25th amendment — and warn that adversaries such as China or Iran could use the lengthy lame-duck period to test Biden — O’Connor’s opinion looms as perhaps their biggest obstacle.
Dr. O’Connor insists Biden is in “excellent” shape to finish out his term, and finds no reason to test him for cognitive functioning as many prominent doctors have recommended. “We don’t need to. He’s here every day,” he told a reporter last month in an impromptu interview at the White House, echoing Biden’s reasoning that the daily performance of his duties is proof enough of his mental acuity.
Growing numbers of people are questioning his medical judgment because O’Connor is much more than a doctor to the president. Records show that he is also a longtime friend, personal adviser, political donor, former paid campaign worker, and even a business consultant to the Biden family.
A former White House physician who attended to both Barack Obama and Donald Trump claims O’Connor has been trying to “cover up” Biden’s deteriorating condition to appease the first family, with whom he’s formed a tight bond over the past 15 years.
“Kevin O’Connor was in that job on Day One of the Biden administration because…
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