White House Doctor Logs Spark Questions About Mystery Person

The White House doctor visit logs have sparked questions about a mystery person who attended a meeting with President Joe Biden's physician.

The New York Post reported that on January 17, Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, had a meeting at the White House in which several other doctors attended, including Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson's specialist, Dr. John E. Atwood, a cardiologist, and a fourth person who has yet to be identified.

Newsweek reviewed the White House visitor logs and confirmed that O'Connor met with Dr. Cannard and Dr. Atwood on January 17.

On Tuesday, Texas Republican Representative Ronny Jackson appeared on Fox News' Outnumbered and was asked who the fourth person could be. Jackson was the top White House physician under President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump, then top medical adviser under Trump, of whom he is a staunch ally.

"I don't know exactly who it could have been," Jackson said. "It was obviously a visitor who was outside, it wasn't a badge holder that would have been listed on the visitor's log. I suspect it was another physician that was coming in to help, maybe it was somebody from George Washington University because Dr. O'Connor has credentials there as well so maybe he brought somebody in that wasn't from Walter Reed. Maybe it was another specialist who would have been also identified as a Parkinson's specialist."

"I suspect it was probably another medical professional that would have been readily identified...that's all I can speculate because if they didn't disclose the name it was somebody they were worried about being identified as seeing Dr. O'Connor in the Residence Clinic."

The speculation comes amid ongoing concerns over Biden's age, 81, and health following his performance in the June 27 presidential debate as he runs for a second term in the White House.

While not based on any medical evidence, speculation that the president could have Parkinson's emerged recently as reports from multiple media outlets indicated that Cannard visited the White House eight times in eight months.

O'Connor said in a memo released on Monday night that Cannard has been a neurological consultant at the White House since 2012 and sees a large number of patients, not just the president. Cannard's only interactions with Biden have been to conduct "detailed neurological exams" during the president's three annual physicals, in which no major issues have been detected, according to O'Connor's memo.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told CNN on Monday: "A wide variety of specialists from the Walter Reed system visit the White House complex to treat the thousands of military personnel who work on the grounds."

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Tuesday for comment.

During a press briefing this week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was questioned by reporters about doctor visits. When asked about the nature of Cannard's visits to the White House, Jean-Pierre continued to reply that she "can't share names broadly" in press briefings for "security reasons."