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Joe Biden appeared to be completely zoned-out at the end of his first campaign speech of 2024 on Friday night.
The president, 81, had just finished speaking at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where George Washington organized an army to fight the British in 1777.
Biden had just concluded his remarks when he turned to leave the stage only to have his wife, first lady Jill Biden rush up to him to take him by the hand.
As she approached her husband, she appeared to whisper something in his ear but smartly managed to avoid the view of television cameras that were recording the awkward moment.
Dr. Jill then attempted to lead her husband off the stage only to have her husband suddenly turn to the crowd and began speaking once again, talking over the exit music that was already playing over the loudspeakers.
Joe Biden, 81, seemed zoned-out at the conclusion of his first campaign speech of 2024 on Friday night at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, which saw his wife rush on to lead him offstage
After finishing his speech, Biden turned to leave the stage, only to be intercepted by his wife, first lady Jill Biden who rushed up to him and whispered in his ear
Jill Biden attempted to pull her husband offstage but Biden continued to speak despite exit music playing
Eventually the pair walked offstage with Jill leading her husband by the hand
'I understand power!' Biden said. 'Thank you all so very much...' he said before the music drowned him out.
It was Biden's first public event since his Caribbean vacation.
Biden, the oldest president in American history when he took office in 2021, has faced doubts from pundits and polls whether he is still fit to lead.
The Democrat's age has become an issue as he seeks reelection in November with his administration deploying a 'Bubble Wrap' strategy to stop him from falling in public.
The President has seen repeated questions over his fitness for office, with polls and pundits claiming it is a huge problem with just less than eleven months to go to the 2024 election.
Some of his staffers still believe he needs protecting, with a new strategy being set out to stop him falling or getting lost on stage like he has on multiple occasions.
President Joe Biden is helped up after falling during the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado in June. He fell while handing out diplomas to cadets
The commander-in-chief stumbled, hit the floor and had cadets and Secret Service rush to grab his arms while he was handing out diplomas in Colorado
'He's fine,' White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt tweeted afterward. 'There was a sandbag (seen left) on stage while he was shaking hands.'
