US President Joe Biden tripped on Friday March 19 while boarding Air Force One before flying to Atlanta.
Arrived halfway on the staircase leading to the door of the presidential plane, Joe Biden tripped twice, falling on his knee and catching up in extremis with his right hand on the metal railing.
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Air Force One took off shortly after from Andrews military base in suburban Washington.
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He's fine, he's doing very well,
" assured Karine Jean-Pierre, her spokesperson, from the aircraft shortly after, without specifying whether he had seen a doctor on board.
Joe Biden, on January 20, at the age of 78, became the oldest president in the history of the United States.