In an interview with BET, Joe Biden said he would consider dropping out of the presidential election if a doctor diagnosed him with a medical condition.

“If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, you got this problem and that problem,” Biden said.

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From the New York Post:

President Biden said in a new interview that he would consider dropping out if he was diagnosed with a “medical condition” by doctors — giving the clearest indication yet that he may be faltering in his vow to seek a second term.

The 81-year-old president made the remark in a BET interview taped Tuesday when asked what it would take to prompt him to reconsider his candidacy.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) became the latest House Democrat to publicly call on Biden to step aside.

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Per CNBC:

Biden, 81, has come under increasing pressure from members of his own party to withdraw from the race following his disastrous debate with Trump, 78, in late June.

Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, who is heavily favored to win the powerful state’s coveted U.S. Senate seat in November, urged Biden to step aside.

The Democratic incumbent’s raspy, stiff appearance and occasionally garbled and unfocused answers in that debate spurred panic among his allies about whether he can effectively campaign against Trump or serve another four years in office.

The Biden campaign said during the debate that the president had a cold, and he later said he was exhausted after a grueling stretch of international travel. He reportedly assured nervous Democrats after the debate that he been checked out by a doctor and told his health was fine.

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