Joe Biden, 78, to see doctor after slipping and twisting his ankle while playing with dog Major
JOE Biden has to see a doctor after slipping and twisting his ankle while playing with dog Major, reports say. The 78-year-old Biden ad reportedly been with his two-year-old rescue dog when the fall happened on Saturday morning. An MSNBC reporter broke news of the fall on Twitter this afternoon citing a pool report. “On […]
JOE Biden has to see a doctor after slipping and twisting his ankle while playing with dog Major, reports say.
The 78-year-old Biden ad reportedly been with his two-year-old rescue dog when the fall happened on Saturday morning.
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An MSNBC reporter broke news of the fall on Twitter this afternoon citing a pool report.
“On Saturday Nov. 28, President-elect Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle,” the tweet read.
“Out of an abundance of caution, he will be examined this afternoon by an orthopedist.”
Biden was en route to the doctors office shortly after 4pm ET.
According to the Delaware Humane society, the former vice president and his wife Dr Jill Biden got to know Major while fostering him.
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The animal-loving couple – who also own a German shepherd called Champ, 12 – adopted Major a few months before Biden announced his presidential run.
Major will become the first rescue dog to live at the White House when the Bidens move in.
Donald Trump was the first American president in a century not to bring pets into the Pennsylvania Avenue abode.
Jill had reportedly promised her husband that after the 2008 campaign with Barack Obama they would get a puppy.
They bought Champ shortly after from a breeder in Chester County, Pennsylvania, reported Politico at the time.
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The name had special significance for Biden, whose own father used to tell him “get up champ” when he fell on hard times.
Speaking about his love of animals, Biden told ABC News in 2008: “I’ve had German shepherds since I was a kid and I’ve actually trained them and shown them in the past.”
Biden has yet to publicly comment or confirm his injury.
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