Biden Transfers Power to VP Harris during Routine Colonoscopy

U.S. President Joe Biden briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he undergoes routine colonoscopy, making Harris the first woman to hold U.S. presidential reins.

In a statement to the White House reporters, Press secretary Jen Psaki stated that the same process was followed in 2002 and 2007, when then-President George W. Bush underwent the same medical procedure.

“The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time,” Psaki said in the statement Friday morning.

However, former President Donald Trump reportedly refused anesthesia for a medical procedure, precisely because he did not want to hand power to then-Vice President Mike Pence, according to a book from his third press secretary, Stephanie Grisham.

In the same vein, the White House stated that it will publicly share a written summary of the 78-year-old Biden’s physical later Friday afternoon. The president's motorcade arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center before 9 a.m. ET.