of the white house physician a history from washington to george w bush its standard operating procedure for a president to choose their personal physician but its rare that a president comes into office with a doctor that has cared for them for over a decade the only thing i can say is watch watch president joe biden speaks as vice president kamala harris looks on during an event in the state dining room of the white house jan 21 2021 in washington dc alex wonggetty images oconnor retired from the military following the obama administration and continued as bidens doctor while serving as the founding director of executive medicine at george washington university look its a legitimate thing to be concerned about my age no additional report on bidens health was released during the campaign start here offers a straightforward look at the days top stories in 20 minutes and secondly usually the care of the president is not all that interesting the most notable health incident in bidens past according to oconnors report were the two cranial aneurysms that he suffered in 1988 its not unusual for a new president to select their personal physician for their term however oconnor will take on the job in the medical unit that faced a crisis of credibility under trump following rosy readouts of physicals and misleading information about his covid19 treatment listen for free every weekday on apple podcasts google podcasts spotify the abc news app or wherever you get your podcasts its quite a significant and tireless responsibility he said a source close to the president said biden would never ask oconnor to lie for him and oconnor would never offer according to deppisch the personal physician to the president usually departs with the change of administrations its one that could face increased scrutiny over the presidents health given bidens distinction as the oldest president ever elected not much goes wrong oconnor played a role in bidens campaign as well increasingly so after trump was diagnosed with covid19 shortly after the first presidential debate in september critics conley faced scrutiny for a rosy readout of the presidents condition following his hospitalization with coronavirus that was swiftly contradicted by former white house chief of staff mark meadows the two wouldnt want to disappoint each other the source added trumps second white house physician dr sean conley is expected to move to a faculty role at the uniformed services university of the health sciences according to the white house president joe biden has commissioned dr kevin oconnor as his new white house physician replacing dr sean conley in a role that became a source of controversy under former president donald trumps four years in the white house