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President Joe Biden takes a tumble on the stage during Air Force Academy graduation

President Joe Biden takes a tumble on the stage during Air Force Academy graduation
President Joe Biden takes a tumble on the stage during Air Force Academy graduation 00:23

After President Joe Biden greeted more than 900 graduates on the stage of Falcon Stadium on Thursday he took a tumble while heading back to his seat. You can see it in the video clip below:

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The fall happened during the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, where Biden delivered the commencement address.

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US President Joe Biden is helped up after falling during the graduation ceremony. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Biden was helped back up and pointed out that he had tripped over something.

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Afterwards he sat back down and appeared to be fine.

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White House communications director Ben LaBolt wrote on Twitter that there was a sandbag on the stage.

Biden is 80 years old and walks stiffly due to degenerative osteoarthritic changes. That's what his doctor told him in a routine physical earlier this year. 

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