COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - President Joe Biden fell on stage Thursday after giving a commencement speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Video shows the 80-year-old Biden trip on a black sandbag as he walked off the stage at Falcon Stadium in Colorado.
He was immediately flanked by Air Force officials who helped him up.White House pool reports said he appeared to be OK after the fall and continued to stand until the ceremony ended a few minutes later. US President Joe Biden is helped up after falling during the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy, just north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, on June 1, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) The oldest president in U.S.
history, Biden’s age has come into focus as he embarks on his reelection campaign. He would be 82 on Inauguration Day in January 2025, and 86 at the end of a second term.READ MORE: Who is running for president in 2024? Meet the candidatesIn his commencement speech, Biden thanked the Air Force Academy graduates for choosing "service over self" but said they now have the "great privilege" of leading in a world that will only get more confusing in the years to come.READ MORE: Biden gets low approval ratings on economy, guns and more in latest AP-NORC poll"Graduates, you made a noble choice to lead a life of service," Biden told more than 900 cadets.
"Now you also shoulder a great privilege and a mighty responsibility. Leadership, yeah leadership."US President Joe Biden waits to watch the Thunderbirds after falling during the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy, just north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, on June 1, 2023.
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