President Joe Biden, 80, emerged Wednesday from the White House residence with visible indentations on his face – as he’s now using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea.
‘Since 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports. He used a CPAP machine last night, which is common for people with that history,’ White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told DailyMail.com when asked about the markings on the president’s face.
The president started using the continuous positive airway pressure machine – colloquially known as CPAP – in recent weeks to treat apnea, in which a patient’s breathing will stop and start.
Biden’s sleep apnea has been public knowledge since October 2008, when the Obama campaign put out the vice presidential candidate’s medical records ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
At the time, doctors believed that Biden’s irregular heartbeat, known as an atrial fibrillation, was likely linked to his sleep apnea.
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Indents on President Joe Biden’s face when he left for Chicago Wednesday prompted the White House to tell journalists that he’s started to use a CPAP machine
In subsequent health reports, the sleep apnea became a footnote.
Bloomberg first confirmed Biden was using the device.
A source told the wire service that while Biden’s use of the machine is a new development it wasn’t prompted by a new medical condition or environmental conditions.
Biden was flying to Chicago amid an air quality alert – due to Canadian wildfires.
As the president left Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning, the capital was also under an air quality alert until mid-day Thursday.
