A New York-based neurologist who specialises in treating Parkinson's disease suggested Monday that US President Joe Biden is exhibiting "classic features of neurodegeneration" as speculation swirls about his political future.
"I could have diagnosed him from across the mall", Pitts told NBC News Now's "Top Story with Tom Llamas".
"I'm a Democrat, it's just like – this guy is not a hard case", he added, I suppose, to show he's not a MAGA supporter!
"He has the classic features of neurodegeneration, word-finding difficulties, and that's not, 'Oh I couldn't find the word', that's from degeneration of the word retrieval area", Pitts explained, referring to Biden.
The doctor also noted Biden's "shuffling gait... so little steps. Loss of arm swing from the rigidity... and end-block turning, meaning he kind of pivots around his foot".
Pitts caveated that he has never been in the "same room" with the president, who has insisted he will carry on his re-election campaign, and could not judge whether Biden's cognitive abilities had diminished.
Over the weekend, the Post scooped that Biden physician Dr Kevin O'Connor met with Dr Kevin Cannard, the White House medical unit's neurology consultant back in January.
A subsequent check of visitor logs revealed Cannard had been to the White House between July of last year and March of this year – altogether, eight times.
On Monday, Connor acknowledged that Cannard had examined Biden as part of his annual physicals, but claimed the doctor had not seen the president outside of those occasions.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Tuesday that the January meeting involving Cannard and O'Connor "was not" about Biden's health.
Pitts called on both 81-year-old Biden and 78-year-old former President Donald Trump to take a four-hour neorological test, which he called the "hallmark test for cognitive performance".
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