A former White House physician said giving Joe Biden a cognitive test last year would have helped people understand whether he could serve another term.

Former President Barack Obama’s White House doctor criticized former President Joe Biden‘s White House physician Kevin O’Connor for not giving Biden a cognitive test. O’Connor conducted Biden’s last physical in the White House in February 2024,

The subpoena comes after President Donald Trump recently ordered an investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen, alleging that Biden may have “cognitive decline."

The former president has called the investigation into his competence to serve in the White House as "nothing more than a distraction."

Biden referred to the claims as “ridiculous and false” in a statement issued following Trump's announcement. Within his presidential memoranda, Trump claims that aides of the

President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into pardons and other executive actions issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden — launching an unprecedented effort to show that the Democrat hid his cognitive decline and was otherwise too mentally impaired to do the job.