Former President Joe Biden's longtime doctor has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior, adding to the cloud of controversy surrounding the former White House physician.
The bombshell claims come from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson (R), who has faced allegations of his own wrongdoing in the past.
Jackson, who was the White House physician under President Barack Obama and later President Donald Trump, said that O'Connor would make lewd, uncomfortable jokes to colleagues.
To be more specific, O'Connor would take people's cellphones and stick them down his pants for laughs, according to Jackson, who was O'Connor's boss at the White House Medical Unit (WHMU).
O'Connor "would ask people, people that he had just met, for their cell phone. They would give him their cell phone. He would stick it in his pants, in his crotch, and then give it back to them," Jackson claimed.
''[O'Connor] thought that was just hilarious," added Jackson. "Most people thought it was weird and inappropriate and immature, but he thought it was funny."
O'Connor did not respond to Daily Mail's request for comment. But Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, former White House physician and Jackson's direct predecessor in the role, said he never witnessed anything to back up his claims. "I am adamantly telling you: I left in July 2013 and I wasn't aware of that, no one mentioned that," he said.
Jackson offered a weak excuse for not firing O'Connor on the spot, saying he was "essentially part of the Biden family" and therefore protected. Kuhlman slammed Jackson for not bringing the accusations against O'Connor sooner.
"If it happened on [Jackson's] watch, his responsibility was to talk to the WH military office, deputy chief of staff. It's kind of repulsive that he would bring this up 10 years later," he said.
Jackson was hit with an Inspector General report in 2021 that found he drank on the job and made sexual comments to subordinates. He has dismissed the report, which led to his demotion in the Navy, as a political hit job.
Kuhlman said O'Connor and Jackson are rivals, and this may have something to do with Jackson's claims. "I would point out the obvious: the inspector general of the Navy did a report into Ronny Jackson. Jackson's opinion is that Kevin O'Connor was the source of that," Kuhlman said.
"For the record, from 2006-13 no one ever told me Ronny Jackson was behaving inappropriately. So I wasn't protecting anyone. He and Kevin were both ambitious people, sometimes you get blinded by ambition."
Kevin O'Connor has been Biden's doctor since 2009, making him a key witness in the investigation of the former president's cognitive decline.
The relationship between O'Connor and the Bidens has raised eyebrows. O'Connor was even tied to one of the family's business ventures.
O'Connor ruled Joe Biden "fit for duty" in February of 2024, despite never administering a cognitive test. This has naturally led many to suspect O'Connor was part of the cover-up.
