If you were skeptical about information coming from the government before, you have even more reason to be now.

The revelation that former President Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer, coming after a slew of books and reports highlighting his physical and mental decline while in office, has raised even more questions about whether the public can trust the medical information coming from a president’s personal doctor. To address these concerns, a president’s annual physical should be performed by a panel of widely respected, independent physicians who then jointly release the information and their assessments.

Of course, lack of public trust regarding presidents' physical or mental fitness for office has been raised by both political parties. Democrats repeatedly questioned President Trump’s medical reports, especially his mental competency. For example, when “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart mentioned that the 6-foot 3-inch Trump, who has an ample girth, weighed 224 pounds according to his April physical, the audience laughed disbelievingly.

To adapt an old hair-coloring commercial, only his doctor knows for sure.

But what about Biden’s last physical as........

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