Biden visits sick former Republican Senator Bob Dole

Washington (Associated Press)-President Joe Biden visited former Senator Bob Dole on Saturday.

Biden and Dole have served in the Senate for more than two decades. He arrived at the Watergate Complex on Saturday afternoon, where Dole, now 97, and his wife Elizabeth have been living here. The White House described Dole as a “close friend” of the president.

Biden said after leaving the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday night: “He is in very good condition.”

Dole said this week that he plans to start treatment on Monday.

He said in a statement announcing the diagnosis: “Although of course I still have some obstacles, I also know that I have joined millions of Americans who face their own health challenges.

Dole is a Russell from Kansas. He has represented the state in Congress for 36 years before resigning from the Senate in 1

996 to challenge Democratic President Clinton. Dole was unsuccessful in seeking the Republican nomination in 1980 and 1988. He became President Gerald Ford’s vice presidential running mate in 1976, when Ford lost to Democrat Jimmy Carter. (Jimmy Carter).