Biden fractures foot while playing with dog

WILMINGTON (AP) – US President-elect Joe Biden fractured his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, an injury discovered in a scan on Sunday and that will likely require him to wear a boot for several weeks, his doctor said.

Biden suffered the injury on Saturday and visited an orthopedist in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday afternoon, his office said.

“Initial X-rays did not show any obvious fracture,” but medical staff ordered a more detailed CT scan, his doctor Kevin O’Connor said in a statement.

The subsequent scan found tiny fractures of two small bones in the middle of his right foot, according to O’Connor.

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

Biden sustained the injury playing with Major, one of his two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018, and acquired their first dog Champ after the 2008 election. The Bidens have said they would be bringing their dogs to the White House and also plan to get a cat.

Reporters covering the presidentelect were not afforded the opportunity to see Biden enter the doctor’s office on Sunday, despite multiple requests. Leaving the doctor’s office to head to an imaging center for his CT scan, Biden was visibly limping, though he walked without a crutch or other aid.

Last December, he released a doctor’s report that disclosed he takes a statin to keep his cholesterol at healthy levels, but his doctor described him as “healthy, vigorous” and ‘fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”