 And this, I'll admit, is particularly glaring. For several years, Biden walked to the helicopter Marine One at the White House solo. But all of a sudden, when he started walking to the helicopter, a swarm of aides joined him for the lawn crossing captured by the White House press. The swarm, said Axios, was decided upon by the president. Yeah, sure. After some aides fretted that his solo walks across the South Lawn called too much attention to his stiff gait.