White House corrects record on Biden's physician, Parkinson's expert meeting, says it was for president's care

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The White House is playing cleanup after press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that a meeting between White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor and Dr. Kevin Cannard, a renowned neurological and Parkinson's disease expert, was not related to care for President Biden.

The White House now says the Jan. 17 meeting between O’Connor and Cannard at the White House was for a neurological exam of Biden, the results of which were later reported as part of his annual physical more than a month later. O'Connor reported the results on Feb. 28, stating that an "extremely detailed neurological exam" did not show Biden had signs of Parkinson's or any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder.

At Tuesday's White House press briefing, a reporter for The Associated Press asked for clarification on a letter sent Monday night by O’Connor.

"It didn't seem to explicitly describe the nature of Dr. Cannard's meeting with Dr. O'Connor. So can you say whether that one meeting was related to care for the president himself?" the reporter asked.

"I can say that it was not," Jean-Pierre said.

PARKINSON'S DISEASE SPECIALIST MET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PHYSICIAN IN WHITE HOUSE

Jean-Pierre insisted she had already confirmed from "behind this lectern" that three meetings occurred and that the doctor was a "neurologist," though not Cannard's name until O'Connor