House Oversight Committee Chairman Seeks Interview with President Biden's Physician Amid Concerns Over Health

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is seeking an interview with President Joe Biden's personal physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, after concerns have mounted about the president's age and mental acuity since the Atlanta presidential debate last month. Comer, in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, is requesting an interview with O'Connor and information about the physician's alleged involvement in a defunct healthcare company tied to Biden's brother James Biden. 'After a concerning debate performance by President Biden against former President Donald Trump on June 27, journalists have rushed to report on what Americans have seen plainly for years: the President appears unwell,' Comer wrote in the letter to O'Connor.

'Americans question President Biden's ability to lead the country, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating circumstances surrounding your assessment in February of this year that 'President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,' Comer added. The committee chairman also told O'Connor that he is 'concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family,' discussing the Biden family's past involvement with now-bankrupt healthcare company Americore. Last year, a bankruptcy trustee testified to the committee that James Biden, the president's brother, was paid $600,000 from Americore to allow the company to use the Biden last name to acquire funding from the Middle East. As part of investigating the Biden family and their alleged business dealings, Comer has requested O'Connor 'produce all documents and communications in your possession regarding Americore and James Biden.' The committee is also seeking to have a transcribed interview with House Oversight Committee counsel scheduled by July 14. The White House had been unclear about what checkups Biden may have had after his disastrous debate performance last month only heightened concerns over his age and acuity, but on Thursday confirmed that Biden had a check-up after the debate.

The Biden campaign announced during the debate the president had been battling a cold. The House Oversight Committee's request comes a day after reports circulated about White House visitor logs showed Parkinson's disease expert Dr. Kevin Cannard of the Walter Reed Medical Center met with O'Connor and two others at the White House residence clinic on Jan. 17, and appeared in visitor logs 10 times since Nov. 15, 2022.

Ashley Oliver contributed to this report. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is demanding that the White House physician appear before Congress to answer questions on President Biden's 'declining mental state,' while also revealing that the doctor has been involved in the Biden family's business dealings. Fox News Digital obtained the letter Comer, R-Ky., sent to Dr. Kevin O'Connor on Sunday. Comer is seeking to question O'Connor, given his 'connections' with the Biden family, on whether he is 'in a position to provide accurate and independent reviews of the President's fitness to serve.' Comer wants to know whether O'Connor's medical assessments of the president have been improperly influenced by his work with the Biden family with the company Americore.

'After a concerning debate performance by President Biden against former President Donald Trump on June 27, journalists have rushed to report on what Americans have seen plainly for years: the President appears unwell,' Comer wrote. Comer said that because Americans have been questioning Biden's 'ability to lead the country,' his committee has been investigating circumstances surrounding O'Connor's February assessment of the president. Comer noted that O'Connor determined in February that the president 'is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.' Comer, though, pointed to reports that O'Connor did not recommend that Biden take a cognitive test. 'The Oversight Committee is concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family,' Comer wrote. Comer said the committee has obtained evidence that shows he was involved with Americore Health, LLC, along with the president's brother, James Biden.

Americore, a company which operates rural hospitals, has been investigated by the committee as part of its impeachment inquiry against the president - specifically related to James Biden's work, which brought him more than $600,000. The committee says James Biden, while serving as a principal at Americore, received payments for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The committee found that James Biden received a $200,000 wire in 2018 from the company that he then used to write a $200,000 check to his brother, President Biden, which he labeled as a 'loan repayment.' James Biden, according to testimony from other Americore employees, did not provide any services to the company, but instead, promised that his 'Biden' name could bring funding to the struggling hospital operator from the Middle East. That employee, Carol Fox, a Chapter 11 trustee for Americore, testified that the loan was provided to Biden with no documentation in return for the promise of funding from the Middle East that never came. She filed a lawsuit against James Biden, saying he made 'representations that his last name, 'Biden,' could 'open doors' and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections.' But during James Biden's interview with the committee earlier this year, he told investigators that O'Connor 'provided him counsel in connection with the alleged work he was performing for Americore.' 'I met with, for example - my brother wasn't in office at the time.

He was a private citizen. And I had gotten through his - as vice president, his personal physician was Colonel Kevin O'Connor,' James Biden testified. 'And Kevin O'Connor - there was a very - and still there is an outcry for a solution for post-traumatic stress disorder.' James Biden said O'Connor 'introduced me to a team' that worked with...