Biden’s former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe

WASHINGTON AP President Joe Biden s former White House physician on Wednesday refused to answer questions as part of the House Republican scrutiny into Biden s mental fitness and physical condition in office according to his attorneys Dr Kevin O Connor who served as Biden s family physician and later as White House clinician asserted the physician-patient privilege as well as his right under the Fifth Amendment to the U S Constitution in declining to answer questions from members of the House Oversight Committee his attorneys explained O Connor s appearance Wednesday came after weeks of back-and-forth over his appearance A lawyer for the specialist had requested a brief delay in his deposition to sort out questions over physician-patient privilege but the committee refused and commented he had to comply with the subpoena for his testimony Republicans are conducting a sweeping probe into Biden s actions in office and questioning whether the Democrat s use of an autopen may have been invalid Biden has strongly denied that he was not in a right state of mind at any point while in office calling the states ridiculous and false