JOE BIDEN’S White House physician is facing mounting calls to testify under oath following the former president’s shock late-stage cancer diagnosis.
Longterm physician Kevin O’Connor gave ailing Biden, 82, a clean bill of health just months before he was diagnosed with an .
The personal doctor repeatedly assured the public during Biden’s term that he was healthy and claimed he could have served another four years.
The former president made the shock revelation on Sunday – and was met with well wishes from around the world, including Donald Trump.
The Don wrote on Truth Social: “Melania and I are saddened to hear aboutrecent medical diagnosis.
“We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.”;;
But just hours later, experts started to question why the cancer – which has spread to his bones – was not picked up earlier, given the late stage prognosis.
Arch-nemesis Trump joined in on the speculation and said he was wasn’t told long ago about sickly Biden’s prostate cancer.
Trump also called O’Connor into question.
The president said on Monday: “Somebody is going to have to speak to his doctor... I think the doctor said he was just fine.”;;
He added: “It takes a long time to get to that situation... I’m surprised that it wasn’t, you know, the public wasn’t notified a long time ago because to get to stage nine, that’s a long time.”;;
Stunned aides to the former US president told The Post Monday that his cancer should have been caught long before it spread to his bones.
They feared a cover-up – and suggested that concern about how the public may have reacted to the news delayed a critical diagnosis.
A White House staffer who worked in close proximity to Biden said: “I do believe that they felt like something was going on, and were worried about it and kind of hedged around it for a little bit.”;;
Leading oncologist expert Dr Zeke Emanuel claimed Biden likely had in 2021.
“He had it while he was President,”;; he suggested.
“He probably had it at the start of his presidency, in 2021.”;;
MAGA loyalist and political commentator Jesse Watters blasted O’Connor for Biden’s questionable health record.
He said: “He needs to be brought in, he needs to be subpoenaed, and he needs to answer some of these questions.”;;
He also questioned if Biden had even been tested.
Watters continued: “He was supposed to have had a full test a year ago, and they said there was no cancer detected.
“Well, we need to know exactly what tests they did.”;;
Biden maintains that he sought further testing last week after noticing a small nodule on his prostate.
His illness was rated 9 on the prostate cancer Gleason scale – meaning it is extremely aggressive.
It generally translates to stage 4 cancer.
Critics also pointed out that O’Connor had unprecedented access to Biden’s medical records, and should have been responsible for picking up on the cancer earlier before it spread.
In February 2024, when Biden was the assumed Democratic presidential nominee, O’Connor insisted he was “fit to serve”;; following a routine physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
He also assessed Biden’s health in 2019, and concluded that he was “a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency”;;.
Biden’s relationship with O’Connor dates back more than a decade.
The physician was closely involved with Biden’s son Beau as he fought brain cancer from 2013 to 2015 before succumbing to the disease.
The calls for Biden’s doc to testify come after an old clip of the former president resurfaced, in which he .
Biden’s comments – made years ago – came during a speech about “cancer-causing”;; emissions from oil refineries near his childhood home in Delaware.
He said: “That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer and why for the longest time Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation.”;;
