Will the Democrats now come clean about Biden's health woes? Top doctor claimed president has neurodegenerative condition before he stepped out of the race

The claims that President Joe Biden has a degenerative encephalon information are backmost successful nan spotlight aft he withdrew from nan 2024 statesmanlike title connected Sunday.

The alleged diagnosis was made by Dr Tom Pitts, a starring neurologist, who said it was a 'fact' based connected Biden's notable gaffes successful a disastrous statement capacity successful June.

Biden, 81, stumbled successful answering questions, trailed disconnected and appeared unfocused. 

That came aft years of allegations of ill-health, including being forgetful and falling over amid reports his adjacent squad keeps his wellness issues retired of nationalist view. 

But nan president continued connected his way of self-destruction erstwhile he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic 'Vice President Trump' during a property convention past week. He has now endorsed her for nan Democratic ticket. 

'His centrifugal symptoms are degenerating,' Pitts said. 'He has Parkinsonisms. That is simply a fact. He has degeneration of nan brain. Show maine nan MRI. Show maine he doesn't. Put your money wherever your rima is. He decidedly has it.'

Parkinsonisms is an umbrella word for degenerative encephalon conditions that include Parkinson's.

Biden stepped speech Sunday aft facing weeks of questions complete his expertise to service arsenic president pursuing his disastrous statement pinch Trump connected June 27.

The president was often seen connected divided surface pinch his rima agape and a million-mile blank stare.

During his clip to speak astatine nan podium, nan president would stumble, freeze, suffer his train of thought and mumble his measurement done answers to moderator's questions. 

Biden's bombshell determination was revealed in a one-page missive wherever he committed to completing his word and soon aft posted a follow-up tweet endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic his replacement.

'It has been nan top grant of my life to service arsenic your President,' Biden wrote successful a missive posted to his X relationship connected Sunday.

'And while it has been my volition to activity reelection,' he went on, 'I judge it is successful nan champion liking of my statement and nan state for maine to guidelines down and to attraction solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for nan remainder of my term.'

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has fiercely denied Biden is being treated for Parkinson's disease, outside his regular checkups.

Jean-Pierre confirmed Biden had been examined 3 times by a neurologist but refused to opportunity why a specialist visited nan White House 8 times successful 8 months, citing privateness and information concerns.  

Pitts, a Columbia University postgraduate and a New York-based master committee certified 4 times over, was asked his thoughts connected nan president's information during an question and reply pinch NBC.

On his various online profiles, Pitts does not mention immoderate expertise successful Parkinson's.

He describes his expertise connected LinkedIn arsenic being successful headaches, aggregate sclerosis and different brain-related conditions, but not Parkinson's. 

He regularly speaks to nan media astir wellness issues are are successful nan news, including vocalist Celine Dion's battle pinch stiff-person syndrome and nan imaginable neurological impact of Covid-19. 

He made nan bombshell declare nan Biden 'definitely' has Parkinson's and sees group for illustration him '20 times a day' moving successful his clinic, moreover stating that watching nan president, he could person 'diagnosed him from crossed nan mall'. 

'It's ironic because he has conscionable this classical features of neurodegeneration: word-finding difficulties - and that's not conscionable 'Oh, I couldn't find nan correct word' - that's from degeneration of nan connection retrieval area.' 

Pitts has not personally ever examined Biden but said that what he's seen astatine nan statement is very communal among group pinch this condition. 

'You announcement erstwhile he turns it's benignant of end-block turning; it's not a speedy turn,' Pitts told NBC News. 

'That's 1 of nan hallmarks of Parkinson's; it's rigidity and bradykinesia, slow movement, And he has that hallmark, particularly pinch nan debased sound they said was a cold; hypophonia, mini monotone sound for illustration this complete clip is simply a hallmark of Parkinsonism. I could person diagnosed him from crossed nan mall.'

He besides made it clear that Biden's historical struggles overcoming a stutter arsenic a young man person perfectly thing to do pinch what Pitts believes he's dealing pinch now. 

'This is not a palatal rumor aliases a reside discrepancy,' he said. 'Plus nan rigidity, monotone voice.'

Pitts, who says he's a Democrat, says nan information is easy to diagnose moreover from afar. 'His centrifugal symptoms are degenerating,' Pitts said bluntly. 'He has Parkinson's. That is simply a fact.'

DailyMail.com reached retired nan White House for comment. They responded pinch a screenshot of nan neurology conception from Biden's February wellness summary pursuing his yearly checkup. 

The White House has done harm power pursuing reports Joe Biden's individual expert met pinch a apical neurologist and Parkinson's specialist at nan White House. 

There's been frenzied speculation complete Biden's ailing health, which has been successful mobility since his disastrous first statement pinch Donald Trump, pinch Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre adding substance by saying the president has seen a neurologist 3 times. 

Kevin O'Connor is simply a activity upset master astatine nan Walter Reed Medical Center successful Maryland. 

O'Connor released a letter with nan support of some Biden and Cannard and confirmed that Cannard had been nan neurologist who evaluated nan president astatine each of his 3 physicals since he took office. 

But astir of Cannard's visits to nan White House were pursuant to his domiciled arsenic a master attached to nan White House Medical Unit, treating patients for a wide array of neurological issues astatine nan White House for a twelve years, O'Connor said.