WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A hoarse-sounding U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has a cold, possibly contracted from a grandson.
After a speech about the U.S. economy in which he sounded congested and coughed several times, reporters asked Biden if he was okay.
“I’m OK,” Biden said. “What I have is a one-and-a-half year old grandson who has a cold who likes to kiss his pop … it’s just a cold.”
Biden has been tested three times for COVID-19 this week and the tests have turned up negative, according to his physician, Kevin O’Connor.
In a letter distributed to the press, the doctor said that Biden is experiencing “nasal congestion” and a “frog in ones throat.”
He is being treated with over-the-counter medications.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland, Editing by Louise Heavens)
