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President-elect Joe Biden ‘will likely require a walking boot’

Biden sprains right foot after playing with his dog
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Joe Biden Suffers ‘Hairline Fractures’ in Foot While Playing With Dog. President-elect Joe Biden reportedly slipped and twisted his right ankle Saturday while playing with his dog, Major. . Biden visited Delaware Orthopedic Specialists the following day “out of an abundance of caution.” . According to a statement from his personal doctor, Kevin O’Connor, follow-up CT scans confirmed the fractures in his foot. . Initial x-rays did not show any obvious fracture, but his clinical exam warranted more detailed imaging … Follow-up CT scan confirmed hairline (small) fractures, Kevin O'Connor, via CBS News. The hairline fractures are on his lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones. . O’Connor anticipates that Biden will “likely require a walking boot” for the next several weeks. . Biden, who recently turned 78, will be the oldest U.S. president inaugurated into office. . Major, one of two of the Biden family’s German Shepherds, was adopted in 2018. He is set to become the first rescue dog to live in the White House.
By The Associated Press
Updated Dec 1, 2020

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden “will likely require a walking boot for several weeks” after spraining his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, his doctor said Sunday.

A follow-up CT scan “confirmed hairline (small) fractures of President-elect Biden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, which are in the mid-foot,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a statement Sunday night. Biden twisted his ankle while playing with Major on Saturday.

President-elect Joe Biden was playing with his dog, Major, when he twisted his ankle Saturday.

Credit: Stephanie Gomez/Delaware Humane Association via AP

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“Initial x-rays did not show any obvious fracture, but his clinical exam warranted more detailed imaging,” O’Connor said in his statement.

ExplorePresident-elect Joe Biden turns 78

Major is one of the Bidens’ two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018 and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election.

ExploreMajor to become White House’s first rescue dog

The Bidens have said they will bring their dogs to the White House and also plan to get a cat.

Rich Barak of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this report.

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