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Demo­c­rat Joe Biden slipped while play­ing with his dog, Major, and twist­ed his ankle, accord­ing to his cam­paign and pool reporters.

His cam­paign said Sun­day that “out of an abun­dance of cau­tion, he will be exam­ined this after­noon by an orthopedist.”

Oth­er details about the inci­dent were not clear.

The pool reports said they were in Wilm­ing­ton, Delaware, near Biden’s home.

Accord­ing to a pool reporter, their “van was maneu­vered so that reporters and pho­tog­ra­phers could not see [Biden] as he left the motor­cade and entered the build­ing” and Biden’s “team will not allow jour­nal­ists off the van. Pool is hold­ing in the van out­side the office”