For 85 minutes, Kamala Harris was the interim president of the United States

Joe Biden President of the United States temporarily Kamala Harris He has delegated presidential powers to the vice president because a routine colonoscopy has been performed for the president, the White House announced Friday.

The president, who celebrates his 79th birthday on Saturday, is being investigated at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Washington.

Jin Psaki“Since Joe Biden was under sedation, the President has delegated his powers to the Vice President for that term under the Constitution,” a White House spokesperson said. This is the last time George W. Bush Twice during his presidency: President George W. Bush conducted the same investigation in 2002 and 2007.

A White House spokesperson said Vice President Kamala Harris took over the presidency from his office.

Biden has since regained the presidency, with Kamala Harris as interim president for just 85 minutes. Thus, for the first time in American history, she served as a politician for a brief period as President of the United States.

Gene Psaki said the president stayed at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda for a short time to continue routine investigations.

On Friday, the president is scheduled to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving, according to tradition.

The poll results will be published on Friday at noon local time.

The last full investigation of Biden took place in December 2019, when doctors said the former vice president was healthy, strong, and fit enough to perform the presidency.

He had previously suffered from a serious illness. In 1988, due to a cerebral hemorrhage, he was taken to hospital by ambulance and a priest was called to give up the last swab.

The president received two doses of the vaccine against the new type of coronavirus disease Covid-19, as well as a booster vaccine.