Joe Biden fractured foot playing with dog Major
- Joe Biden sustained the injury playing with Major, one of his two German shepherds
- CT scan confirms Biden sustained ‘hairline fractures’ and will need walking boot
US President-elect Joe Biden fractured his foot while playing with one of his dogs and will need to wear a walking boot for his recovery.
Biden suffered the injury on Saturday and visited an orthopedist at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists in Newark, Delaware, for an examination Sunday afternoon, his office said. A subsequent CT scan “confirmed hairline (small) fractures of President-elect Biden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, which are in the mid-foot,” according to a statement from his doctor, Kevin O’Connor.
“It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” O’Conner added.
On Sunday night, President Donald Trump wished Biden well, tweeting: “Get well soon!”
Reporters covering the president-elect were not afforded the opportunity to see Biden enter the doctor’s office, despite multiple requests. Leaving the doctor’s office to head to an imaging centre for his CT scan, Biden was visibly limping, though he walked without a crutch or other aid.
