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Biden falls off his bike during a walk on the beach in Delaware: "I'm fine," he says

2022-06-18T16:52:55.024Z


The president assured that his foot was “hooked” on the pedal. He did not need medical attention.


President Joe Biden fell on Saturday while trying to get off his bike at the end of a ride in Cape Henlopen State Park, near his Delaware beach house, but said he was not injured.

"I'm fine," he told reporters after Secret Service agents quickly helped him to his feet.

“My foot got caught” in the pedals, she said.

President Joe Biden falls off his bike as he approaches supporters after a bike ride at Gordon's Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on June 18, 2022.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

Biden, 79, and first lady Jill Biden were finishing a morning stroll when the president decided to pedal into a crowd of supporters along the bike path.

Biden, who was wearing a helmet, fell while trying to dismount.

The president quickly recovered and spent several minutes chatting with the people who had gathered to watch him ride.

President Joe Biden gets back on his bike after falling while trying to get off to greet a crowd at Gordons Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

The Bidens are spending a long weekend at their Rehoboth Beach home.

On Friday they celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary.

Questioned about other matters, the president stated that he is studying a possible reduction in tariffs on China and that "soon" he will speak with his counterpart from the Asian giant, Xi Jinping, according to the Efe news agency.

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He also said he was "happy" with the agreement of a group of Democratic and Republican senators to push through a bill with some gun control measures.

In March of last year, Biden tripped three times while climbing the stairs of the presidential plane, Air Force One, but the White House played down the matter. 

Source: telemundo

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