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President Joe Biden’s root canal surgery on Sunday forced him to reschedule his Monday meeting with a top NATO official.
Biden’s meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will instead take place on Tuesday, the White House announced. The president suffered a toothache on Sunday, which was treated with a root canal and led to persistent pain on Monday.
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President Joe Biden rescheduled his Monday meeting with the Secretary General of NATO as he recovers from a root canal. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The dental procedure forced the White House to substitute Vice President Kamala Harris for Biden at the White House’s College Athlete Day for NCAA champion athletes on Monday morning.
The presidential dental team at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center performed the examination at the White House on Sunday, including X-rays, according to Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician. The team then decided that a root canal was the best course of action.
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Vice President Kamala Harris filled in for President Biden Monday morning at the White House College Athlete Day for NCAA champion athletes. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
“The president has tolerated the proceedings well,” O’Connor said. “There were no complications.”
O’Connor said the dental team will complete the root canal at the White House on Monday.
Biden, 80, is the oldest president in US history. He tripped and fell during graduation from the Air Force Academy in June.
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President Biden received his physical in February after weeks of delay, which the White House said was due to a busy schedule. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The president received his physical in February after weeks of delay, which the White House said was due to a busy schedule.
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“President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old man, fit to successfully discharge the duties of the presidency, including those of chief executive, head of state and commander in chief,” O’Connor wrote in the physical recap.
Patrick Hauf is a political writer for Fox News Digital.
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