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Ammon News - President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine. Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One, which is helicopter, transporting the president of the United States, by himself, he's now often surrounded by aides.

With aides walking between Biden and journalists' camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old's halting and stiff gait.

Some Biden advisers have told Axios they're concerned that videos of Biden walking and shuffling alone — especially across the grass — have highlighted his age.

Weeks ago the president told aides that he'd prefer a less formal approach, a White House official told Axios. He suggested that they walk with him.

White House staffers and reporters alike noticed the sudden change in Biden's walk routine beginning in mid-April, after more than three years in which he'd typically walked solo.

Since the change, some advisers think the images of Biden's walks to and from the helicopter are better, and they expect him to continue to have aides join him.

The White House also has taken steps to prevent the president from tripping, as he did last summer on a stage at the Air Force Academy.

His doctor has disclosed that the president suffers from "spinal arthritis" and "mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" which has contributed to his stiff gait while walking.

Axios