Joe Biden, 81, STILL hasn't seen a doctor despite his cold contracted 18 days ago from 'international travel,' according to the White House

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said connected Wednesday that President Joe Biden inactive has a acold - 18 days aft helium primitively got it from his planetary question - but inactive hasn't been checked retired by the doctor.

'He inactive has a lingering cold,' she told DailyMail.com erstwhile asked astir Biden's health.

The White House has fixed multiple, revolving explanations for Biden's unspeakable statement performance, wherever helium trailed disconnected erstwhile answering questions and switched betwixt topics with nary segway: a atrocious cold, excessively overmuch statement prep, and not feeling great.

Biden, himself, added a caller excuse to the premix erstwhile helium blamed pitchy lag his planetary question for his performance. But the president had been backmost successful the state 12 days earlier the statement began and Jean-Pierre had not mentioned the pitchy lag erstwhile she talked to reporters connected Tuesday. 

'My bad. I did cognize that,' she said of the pitchy lag. 'I was focused connected the cold.'

Jean-Pierre was grilled astir Biden's statement show for the bulk of her hour-long property briefing connected Wednesday. 

'It's the pitchy lag and besides the cold,' she said of the matter.

She besides said Biden hasn't had a aesculapian analyse since his yearly carnal successful February. 

Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, travels with him. He was seen by reporters astatine the president's villa successful Italy. O'Connor besides traveled with Biden to the statement successful Atlanta.

But the 81-year-old Biden 'was not examined by the doctor,' en way to the debate, Jean-Pierre said.

'There's a cold. There's a jetlag. You harvester that -- helium continues to enactment connected with for the American radical time successful and time out, astir the clock. Things happen,' she said of Biden's statement performance. 

A acold is simply a viral corruption of the precocious respiratory tract, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website. It usually past little than a week.

Biden returned from attending the G7 successful Italy connected June 14. Before that helium had been successful France for the D-Day anniversary. The statement was June 27.     

'The information is that you know, I wasn´t precise smart. I decided to question astir the satellite a mates times, going done astir 100 clip zones ... earlier ... the debate. Didn´t perceive to my unit and came backmost and astir fell dormant connected stage,' Biden said Tuesday nighttime of his statement performance. 'That's nary excuse but it is an explanation.'

But helium near retired the 7 days helium spent astatine Camp David up of his showdown with Trump. He spent the week locked with aides successful mentation for the debate.

However, Biden seldom began earlier 11 americium and broke successful the day for a nap, the New York Times reported.

Jean-Pierre slammed the nap report.

'Let maine beryllium precise wide astir this; this is simply a president that wakes up each greeting and puts the American first...I americium not going to talk to...unnamed sources retired there,' she said. 

And, she argued, Biden should beryllium commended for pushing done statement with a cold. 

Jean-Pierre besides denied a study that Biden privately told a cardinal state helium is weighing whether oregon not to driblet retired of the statesmanlike race, a shocking admittance that points to the dismal authorities of his candidacy.

Biden, coming disconnected of past week's disastrous statement performance, acknowledged helium lone has done this play to person voters helium is mentally up for the job.

He'll beryllium successful Madison, Wisconsin, connected Friday, wherever helium volition beryllium for an interrogation with ABC News. He travels to Pennsylvania connected Sunday.

'He knows if helium has 2 much events similar that, we're successful a antithetic place' by the extremity of the weekend, the state told The New York Times.

Jean-Pierre described the study arsenic 'absolutely not' true.

'He is wide eyed, and helium is staying successful the race,' she said. 

Biden, himself, called into a run unit gathering connected Wednesday to springiness them a pep speech and archer them he's staying successful the contention and going to win.

'Let maine accidental this arsenic intelligibly arsenic I perchance tin arsenic simply and straightforward arsenic I can: I americium running…no one's pushing maine out. I'm not leaving. I'm successful this contention to the extremity and we're going to win,' helium said.

If Biden exits the contention with Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris would beryllium seen arsenic the frontrunner to regenerate him. Biden and Harris had luncheon astatine the White House connected Wednesday.

Democrats have fretted Biden volition nary agelong beryllium capable to decision Trump successful November. Even Biden unit person needed reassurance arsenic much than 25 lawmakers person expressed doubts astir the president's electability. 

The reports Biden is eying the exit doorway are piling connected arsenic donors, lawmakers and apical enactment officials interest the president isn't up for the campaign. There is besides vexation that Biden is waiting to agelong to get backmost retired determination and amusement himself arsenic a strong, energetic leader.

'He was engaged dealing with his docket and besides speaking straight and engaging with supporters and spending clip with his family,' Jean-Pierre said of the president's schedule.  

A large donor told TMZ that 'it's lone a substance of time' earlier Biden bows out. 

Another state told CNN that Biden understands the adjacent agelong of days are captious to whether helium tin prevention his candidacy, noting what it would instrumentality him to accept: 'It's conscionable not working.'

'He sees the moment. He's clear-eyed,' the idiosyncratic said.

As to what it would instrumentality would beryllium the polls are plummeting, the fundraising is drying up, and the interviews are going badly,' that idiosyncratic said. 'He's not oblivious.' 

The White House is struggling to calm the tempest of outrage from Biden's statement show arsenic Democratic lawmakers telephone for the president to exit the contention and the White House unit are 'freaking the f*** out.' 

White House main of unit Jeff Zients held an all-hands-on-deck unit telephone astatine 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to pump up disillusioned unit and reassure them that Biden volition stay the nominee. 

On the call, helium acknowledged Biden didn't person a large statement show past week but told unit that he's a 'great president' and urged them to 'stay together.'

'He didn't person a large nighttime but that was 1 nighttime and what we each cognize is helium is simply a large president,' Zients said per reports.

He made 3 cardinal points: support your caput down and support moving for the American radical portion the run handles the election; clasp your caput precocious arsenic the medication has accomplished truthful much; and instrumentality together.

The telephone lasted astir 10 minutes. Zients didn't instrumentality questions but said acrophobic unit should email him. He repeated Biden's punctuation that erstwhile you get knocked down, you get backmost up.

'That's what helium is doing and that's what we each request to bash ... travel the president's lead,' helium said.