House Oversight subpoenas Biden doctor Kevin O’Connor in probe into alleged mental decline cover-up

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Thursday issued a subpoena to former President Joe Biden's physician Kevin O'Connor, calling for his testimony over the alleged cover-up of the former president's mental decline.

The legal action instructs the physician to appear for a deposition on June 27. The subpoena comes after O'Connor declined to be interviewed voluntarily. 

“On May 22, 2025, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform requested that you—because of your role as former Physician to the President for President Joe Biden— appear for a transcribed interview on June 25, 2025, broadly regarding ‘the circumstances surrounding your assessment in February 2024 that former President Biden was ‘a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,'" Comer wrote. 

"Given your connections with the Biden family, the Committee sought to understand if you contributed to an effort to hide former President Biden’s fitness to serve from the American people," he continued. "You refused the Committee’s request. However, to advance the Committee’s oversight and legislative responsibilities and interests, your testimony is critical."

The subpoena comes as the committee and Justice Department probe the perceived cover-up and Biden's use of an autopen to sign official documents, including presidential pardons, toward the end of his term.

Biden argued on Wednesday that a probe into his cognitive abilities was a "distraction" by Republicans, and reaffirmed that he was responsible for all decisions at the end of his tenure in the Oval Office.

“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” Biden said, per NBC News.

Republicans have been raising questions regarding the former president's frequent use of an autopen and his declining mental acuity for over a year. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.