Finance
By: Shree1news, 19 NOV 2021
President Joe Biden will transfer power briefly to vice president Kamala Harris on Friday whilst he’s under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold presidential power in US history.
Biden is undergoing his annual physical at the Walter Reed army hospital outside of Washington. Harris is the first lady to serve as vice president of the usa; no woman has ever been president in the country’s nearly 250-yr history.
“Following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anaesthesia,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a statement.
“Following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anaesthesia,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a statement.
“The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time,” Psaki said.
Presidential power has been transferred to the vice president before, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007.
Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, is the oldest person to take office as US president. even though speculation has endured approximately whether he will run for re-election in 2024, he has said he expects to seek a 2nd four-yr term along Harris.
Biden has pledged to be more transparent about his health than predecessor Donald Trump. The Republican visited Walter Reed in 2019 for an undisclosed purpose that a former press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, later revealed was for a colonoscopy.
Source:IE
