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Ryan Fahey

US President Joe Biden appears to lose way in OWN garden as he asks 'where do we go?'

Concerns have been raised over US President Joe Biden's health after he was seen asking for directions in his own garden.

Biden and the First Lady had been attending a tree-planting ceremony in honour of White House groundskeeper Dale Haney when the incident happened.

The 79-year-old president was flanked by his security team during the event on the South Lawn on Monday, but appeared lost as he tried to make his way back to the White House.

In footage circulating on Twitter, he is seen coming to a stop before asking his team: "Where do we go?"

His security detail points him in the right direction, but he tells them he wanted to go the other way.

Some suggest it indicates the elderly president's health is in a state of decline.

Groundskeeper Mr Haney, 70, who has seen ten presidents sit in the Oval Office in his 50 years, was responsible for taking care of many of their families, and their pets.

This is not the first time videos of Biden have been shared online.

At a rally in Pittsburgh last week, the president appeared to have difficulty getting off stage.

He experienced similar issues a month prior after giving a speech at the United Nations.

In Pittsburgh, he stopped to speak with reporters, but rather than fielding questions, he grilled them on a number of topics, including campaign stops and abortion rights.

Concerns have been raised about the 79-year-old's health after a series of similar incidents (REX/Shutterstock)

He called one journalist a "kid" as he urged another to "educate" themselves.

At the UN, he initially turned right to exit before raising his hand and having a quick chat with his team, apparently asking for directions.

He then turned around and left on the other side of the stage.

It emerged today Biden's federal government is set to issue a warning about threats to the US elections operations ahead of the November 8 congressional vote.

Mr Haney has worked in the garden for 50 years and seen 10 presidents sit in the Oval Office (REX/Shutterstock)

The internal intelligence bulletin will lay out specifics on cyber threats from China and Russia, as well as potential
physical threats to election officials across the country, according to the news outlet's report, which cited two people familiar with the matter.

Republicans are aiming to win back control of the Senate and the House of Representatives from Biden's fellow Democrats in the midterm elections.

Representatives of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security, which not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

He also appeared to struggle to get off stage following a speech at the UN, and berated journalists after a rally (REX/Shutterstock)

Domestic disinformation campaigns and homegrown threats to poll workers are emerging as bigger concerns before the midterms, two senior U.S. officials told Reuters last week.

"There is a lot of rhetoric about violence against poll workers," said one of the U.S. officials. "So we have made it a
point ... to aggressively investigate all of those threats."

Russia and Iran, accused of meddling in past U.S. elections using disinformation campaigns, are enmeshed in their own crises - the Russian invasion of Ukraine and mass protests in Iran - and have not yet been found to have targeted this election, according to the U.S. cybersecurity and law enforcement officials.

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