US PRESIDENT, BIDEN ‘OK’ FOLLOWING STAGE FALL — WHITE HOUSE

According to representatives of the White House, President Joe Biden is “fine” after slipping and collapsing during an event in Colorado.

Ben LaBolt, the director of communications for the White House, posted on Twitter that there was a sandbag on the platform as the man was shaking hands. He is okay. Biden reportedly entered the aircraft while flashing “a big smile,” according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

While distributing diplomas at the US Air Force Academy’s graduation ceremony, the President tripped on a sandbag.

The president was observed joking with reporters as he returned to the White House that evening, “I got sandbagged!”

He had been waiting to shake hands with each of the 921 graduating cadets for approximately an hour and a half.

After falling on Thursday, Biden, the 80-year-old president who is currently in office, was assisted back to his feet and appeared unharmed.

Biden was seen on tape appearing to point at one of the two sandbags used to support his teleprompter as he was being lifted up by an Air Force official and two members of his Secret Service protection.

When the event was over, he was seen sprinting back to his motorcade after independently returning to his seat.

Biden’s age has frequently been cited as a reason why he should not seek reelection as president.

There have been many heads of state who have stumbled in front of the cameras before Biden. In 1975, President Gerald Ford fell while exiting Air Force One, and in 2012, President Barack Obama fell while ascending the steps to a ceremony.