Are Joe Biden's age and occasional memory lapses impacting his performance as US president? Experts weigh in.
Concerns about Joe Biden's age have been brought back into the spotlight after a report by US Special Counsel Robert Hur described him as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory". The release of the report, which surrounded the US president's alleged mishandling of classified documents, came just days after he confused a European leader with their dead predecessor.
" Mike Green, chief executive of the United States Studies Centre agreed, saying there had been "no indication" from those he knows in the Biden administration that the president's decision-making or mental capacities were "diminished". "He comes to the job with an enormous amount of experience," he said. "You may not always agree with him, but on something like Gaza, he knew exactly what he believed in.