White House denies Biden has Parkinson’s amid questions over physician’s visits

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flatly denied that President Joe Biden is being treated for, or has been diagnosed with, the neurological disorder Parkinson’s disease after reporters pressed her on why a specialist with expertise in the disease has visited the White House on multiple occasions.

“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No,” she said after a heated back-and-forth with reporters over why Dr Kevin Cannard, a former military officer who is a medical doctor with expertise in neurological and movement disorders, visited the White House Medical Unit’s clinic once a month from last July through this past March.

Cannard’s name was listed in the White House visitor logs, which are public records releasedby the Biden administration on a regular basis, but Jean-Pierre declined to confirm whether he’d even been at the White House for any reason, citing what she described as “security concerns” and privacy concerns for the hundreds of military personnel who work on the White House campus and receive care through the White House Medical Unit.

“I’m not going to confirm a name. It doesn’t matter if it’s even in the log. I am not going to do that from here. That is not something I am going to do,” said Jean-Pierre, who said Biden has seen a neurologist on three occasions in conjunction with his annual physical, and said the documentation the White House has released after each of those physicals is “in line” with medical information released under the George W Bush and Obama administrations.

“But I am not going to devolve somebody’s name or confirm someone… It doesn’t matter how hard you push me. It