BIDEN INJURED WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS DOG

President-elect Joe Biden injured his right foot Saturday while playing with his dog, his transition team said Sunday after Biden was taken to an orthopedist.

Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, one of his two German shepherds, his office said.

Late Sunday afternoon, Biden visited Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists in Newark, about a half-hour from his home near Wilmington. There, initial X-rays showed “no obvious fracture,” according to a statement from his physician Kevin O’Connor.

After arriving at the clinic, Biden’s van maneuvered so reporters and photographers traveling with the president-elect could not see him as he left the motorcade and entered the doctor’s office.

The transition team did not allow journalists to leave a van while Biden was inside.

A Biden spokesperson said the president-elect visited the doctor’s office Sunday to avoid disrupting the clinic’s regularly scheduled appointments today.

After spending about two hours at the orthopedics office, Biden traveled to a nearby imaging facility to have a CT scan. A camera operator traveling with the press pool observed him walking with a limp.

The follow-up scan confirmed hairline fractures in Biden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, in his right mid-foot, O’Connor said.

“It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” he said.

Biden adopted Major from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018. Major is set to become the first rescue dog to live in the White House when Biden takes office in January.