by Julio Rosas
& Joseph Simonson
September 04, 2019
08:39 PM
Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to have a
blood vessel burst in his left eye while participating in CNN's town hall on
climate change.
A broken blood vessel in the eye, also known as a subconjuctival hemorrhage, can be caused by
several things, including high blood pressure, bleeding disorders, blood
thinners, or even excessive straining.
Biden, 76, has long been plagued by health issues.
In 1988, he suffered an aneurysm that burst and required him to undergo
emergency surgery. The then-senator was so close to death that a Catholic
priest began preparing to administer the sacrament of last rites.
Months later, surgeons clipped a second aneurysm
before it burst. Biden then took a seven-month leave from the Senate following
the surgery. Describing the operation, he once said, “They literally had to
take the top of my head off.”
Jill Biden said in her recently released autobiography
Where the Light Enters that, at the time, she feared her husband would
never be the same. "Our doctor told us there was a 50-50 chance Joe
wouldn't survive surgery," she wrote. "He also said that it was even
more likely that Joe would have permanent brain damage if he survived. And if
any part of his brain would be adversely affected, it would be the area that
governed speech."
Doctors removed a benign polyp during a colonoscopy in
1996. In 2003, Biden had his gallbladder removed.
He suffers from asthma and allergies and takes a
prescription drug to lower his cholesterol. He has also taken medication for an
enlarged prostate.
Biden hasn’t disclosed his medical history since 2008,
when doctors found he had an irregular heartbeat.
Biden has also raised eyebrows for the
increasing number of verbal blunders he has made
so far on the 2020 campaign trail, the schedule of which has been markedly lighter
than his main rivals.
Those close to Biden nevertheless maintain that he is
"a picture of health," according to a former aide who spoke to
the Washington Examiner in April. Were he to win the 2020 presidential
election, he would be the oldest president ever to be inaugurated.
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