News - Rate of Biden's cognitive decline putting US at risk, White House ex-physician warns

US President Joe Biden's 81st birthday ushered in even more conversations surrounding his age and declining cognitive acuity; two things Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, believes are valid causes for concern, Fox News reported. "I've taken care of three presidents… so I know firsthand what it takes to be the commander-in-chief and the head of state. It's a grueling job, both mentally and physically. This man can't do the job. He's proven to us every single day that he can't do the job, but this is going to get worse," Jackson told "Sunday Morning Futures," and referring to Biden. Jackson served as a physician under the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, and has previously sounded the alarm over Biden's cognitive acuity, even demanding he take a cognitive test or drop out of the 2024 race. Jackson said the decline has been evident for some time, looking back on Biden as a candidate before his 2020 match-up against then-president and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, whom Jackson has endorsed for their 2024 rematch. "It's just unbelievable how much he's degenerated just during his time in office. We cannot afford to have this man in office for the remainder of this term and then [for] another four years after that. He's already putting us at great risk right now," he said.