Ignore the hype: Nothing is wrong with Biden
Detroit: The era in which we live provides us with 24-hour access to publicly available archives of what people say and do. With that, there is the inherent danger that the information could be used either to provide evidence-based thoughtful analysis or weaponized for political purposes. Due in large part to the animus that exists in today’s sociopolitical environment as well as the advanced age of our current president, there are countless baseless observations and accusations bandied about in popular culture and on social media. For the record, Lauren Boebert is unqualified and lying. Dr. Ronny Jackson is underqualified and also lying. The list, largely GOP-based, goes on and on.
Based on hundreds of hours of available behavioral data, we state the following: Joseph R. Biden Jr. does not show evidence of a psychiatric condition, a major mental illness, a severe personality disorder, alcohol or substance abuse problems or serious cognitive dysfunction including, but not limited to, Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
The president does show a decent, warm, empathetic, compassionate, competent and moral disposition, intact cognitive and intellectual function, intact memory and recall abilities, appropriate range and degree of emotional expression, intact attentional skills, healthy fine and gross motor ability, intact verbal comprehension and production, compensatory behaviors to address his lifelong problem with stuttering, and age-associated cognitive slowing (e.g. word finding, pace of speech) that does not require any clinical intervention.
In sum, the 79-year-old president shows no concerning behavior regarding fitness for duty. Claims to the contrary should be considered in terms of the source of the purported insight.