Former President Joe Biden was spotted dining out in Northern Virginia on Sunday with his former Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin.
Biden, 82, was accompanied by Secret Service agents as he made his way through the outdoor patio of Carbonara, an Italian restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. Video posted on social media captured surprised diners gasping and applauding when Biden entered the restaurant.
Inside, Biden was seated across from Austin and an unidentified woman. According to local outlet WUSA9, the former president enjoyed dishes including shrimp wrapped in bacon, capellini pasta, and tiramisu.
Biden recently completed a weeks-long course of radiation therapy for Stage 4 prostate cancer at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia. He turns 83 later this month and was diagnosed in May with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had metastasized to the bone.
During his first public outing since announcing his treatment last month, observers noted that Biden appeared noticeably frail as he headed to the dinner table. Conservative influencer Paul Szypula commented on X, “His walking was lurchy and arms barely swung,” adding that Biden’s appearance was a reminder of media claims about his ability to continue serving.
Other social media users chimed in, with one tweet stating, “Everyone who said this man could serve 4 more years should be endlessly ridiculed.” Another video circulating on X appears to show Biden taking a slight misstep as he entered the restaurant’s patio, prompting a user to comment, “The very definition of FEEBLE! And he almost tripped over NOTHING.”
Former Secret Service agent Rich Staropoli weighed in on X, expressing the opinion that taxpayers should not be responsible for Biden’s security detail. He wrote, “It’s a shame that the Secret Service has to waste resources providing a protective detail to this buffoon. He needs a nurse, not a Secret Service detail. He stole enough money let him pay for his own security.”
Biden’s dinner with Austin comes just days after the House Oversight Committee released a report claiming that members of the former president’s “inner circle” took steps to “meticulously stage-manage” his public appearances, lighten his private workload, and block lawmakers from interacting with him. The report concluded that dozens of Biden’s executive actions “cannot all be deemed his own,” as advisers “went to great lengths to prop up” the 46th president during his physical and cognitive decline in office.
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