LAS VEGAS — President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday and canceled a speech to a Latino advocacy group in Sin City.
UnidosUS president Janet Murguía announced the diagnosis on stage as attendees began to wonder why Biden, 81, was running 90 minutes late to speak.
Biden taped a radio interview with Univision — set to air Thursday — shortly before the positive test was disclosed.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Not long before testing positive for the virus, the president greeted Nevadans at a Mexican restaurant — posing for at least three selfies, according to a pool report.
The nation’s oldest-ever sitting president previously tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2022 and recovered without having to be hospitalized.
Biden is facing a mounting political storm as fellow Democrats call on him to step aside following a disastrous June 27 debate against former President Donald Trump, where he repeatedly appeared confused and made puzzling remarks such as that he “finally beat Medicare.”
The president blamed the catastrophic showing on the fact that he wasn’t feel well and had a cold — even though he took no precautions to avoid spread the bug and visited an Atlanta-area Waffle House immediately after the debate.
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