President Joe Biden said he was “OK” on Saturday after falling off his bike near his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he and first lady, Jill Biden, are spending the weekend.
Videos posted to social media showed the 79-year-old Biden riding his bike and stopping to meet a small group of people.
The president briefly fell off the bike toward the end of his bike tour on Saturday morning at around 9.30 a.m. E.T., but he did not appear to be hurt.
“I’m OK,” Biden told onlookers following the fall, and he also reportedly told reporters who had witnessed the incident that he was “good” and that his foot had become caught.
Biden had been riding his bike and reportedly said “Good morning” before bringing the bike to a stop. Once he had stopped, he briefly fell before righting himself and telling reporters he had had trouble removing his shoes from the pedals, resulting in the fall.
The president was escorted by Secret Service agents, and in the video, those agents can be heard saying “back up, back up.”
The White House said in a statement to Bloomberg on Saturday that Biden was fine and did not need medical attention. The White House official said that the president was looking forward to spending the rest of the day with his family.
