A day in the life of Joe Biden: Orange Gatorade and chocolate cookies fuelling world’s most powerful man

President Joe Biden has a strict morning regimen of weight-lifting, but also struggles with a sweet tooth, according to a report which gives insight into his little-known daily routine.

The Washington Post spoke to more than a dozen people close to Mr Biden, who gave a rare glimpse into a day in the life of the world’s most powerful man.

According to interviews, Mr Biden, who at 79 is the US’s oldest-ever president, begins the day by lifting weights and working with his personal trainer in an effort to keep mentally and physically fit.

He eats healthily - opting for a soup and a salad for lunch - but he also has a sweet tooth, regularly enjoying treats such as orange Gatorade and chocolate chip cookies.

He has stocked the outer Oval Office with individually wrapped chocolate chip cookies and salt water taffy (boiled sweets) from Dolle's in Delaware, where he travels on weekends.

He has said in previous interviews that he could not live without his favourite food, ice cream.

“He has the tastes of a five-year-old,” a longtime Mr Biden adviser told the Post.

He arrives promptly at the Oval Office in the White House each morning at 9am, but likes to sneak out to the South Lawn or Rose Garden for fresh air to walk his German shepherds, Champ and Major.

Unlike his predecessor and Fox News enthusiast, Donald Trump, Mr Biden is not a huge consumer of TV, but he does watch CNN’s “New Day” or MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when working out.

Despite morning workout sessions, aides described the president as a “night owl.” He usually returns to the White House residence around 6-7pm for dinner with wife Jill, before carrying out late-night calls with advisers.

The couple has a close relationship, speaking on the phone several times a day. He is known to interrupt whatever he is doing to take calls from family members.

“He will never say, ‘I’m in the middle of something important right now — can I call you back?’” said Democratic Senator Chris Coons, a longtime Biden confidant, said. “He will never let it go to voicemail.”

Every night before bed, the president is reported to phone his son Hunter, who has battled for years with drug and alcohol addiction. If he does not answer the call, sources told The Post that Mr Biden will text him.

Once a week, he will eat lunch with his Vice President, Kamala Harris, following a pattern he established with Barack Obama.

Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, would not confirm details of the president’s exercise regime during her briefing on Monday, but joked that it is “sometimes hard to keep up with him”, referring to his stamina.

Concerns have been raised about Mr Biden’s mental, and physical, acuity. The president on last accidentally called Kamala Harris, Vice President, “President Harris” during a speech, shortly before stumbling up the Air Force One steps.

Throughout the election campaign he has engaged in numerous malapropisms, slurred words, mispronouncing words and misidentifying people, such as calling his wife Jill his sister.

Mr Biden was branded “Sleepy Joe” during the election campaign by Donald Trump, 74, who suggested that his opponent’s cognitive abilities should be tested.

Some Republicans have criticised Mr Biden for his relatively light daily schedule, which is notably lighter than his predecessors.

The 79-year-old often with just one or two brief public appearances a day, only sporadic travel and weekends at his family home in Wilmington. A “lid,” meaning no further public activities, is often called early in the day.

In the early days, however, his travel was hindered by the Covid-19 pandemic raging across America.