Biden opts for shorter stairs to board Air Force One

There has been a recent focus on 81-year-old Joe Biden’s mental capabilities due to special counsel Robert Hur’s recent report. The way the president boards Air Force One has become a topic of discussion.

Biden is using a shorter ladder now when boarding the plane, with a Secret Service agent stationed at the base of the stairs, according to a report by The New York Times.

This adaptation came about after the president tripped and fell over a sandbag during a commencement ceremony last summer, following several other trips and falls last year, as reported by the Washington Examiner.

Air Force One has two different ladders for the president to use for boarding. One is longer and allows entry at a higher point on the aircraft, while the shorter one allows entry into the plane’s belly.

Former President Donald Trump, who was 70 when elected in 2016, also used the shorter ladder during inclement weather.

News about Biden regularly using the shorter stairs emerged shortly after Hur released a Feb. 5 report that found Biden had mishandled classified documents but would not face prosecution due to his presentation as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”

The White House refuted Hur’s characterization of the president, calling it “inaccurate and inappropriate.”

Biden, who is seeking reelection in the fall, is the oldest sitting president. If he wins in November, he will be 86 at the end of his second term.

Trump, 77, is currently the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.

On the day of Hur’s report, Biden mistakenly referred to “Mitterrand from Germany,” an error presumably made while referencing current French President Emmanuel Macron. Later, during a press conference regarding the Hur report, Biden mistakenly referred to Abdel Fatah El-Sisi, the president of Egypt, as the President of Mexico, during a speech about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza.