[[CNN]]'s John King didn't buy the staff flub excuse. "This is a leadership issue," King said.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/05/leadership-issue-cnn-john-king-biden-plagiarism/</ref>
[[CNN]]'s John King didn't buy the staff flub excuse. "This is a leadership issue," King said.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/05/leadership-issue-cnn-john-king-biden-plagiarism/</ref>
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==== Biden's age and voters ====
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''See also:'' [[Biden's age]] and [[Joe Biden's mental decline]] and [[Joe Biden's eye filling with blood during a town hall]]
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Biden is reported to have suffered two brain aneurysms, the first a near death experience in 1988.
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Joe Biden is turning 77 in November 2019. He will be nearly 78 years old on [[Election Day]] 2020. Biden hasn’t disclosed his medical history since 2008, when physicians found he had an irregular heartbeat.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bidens-eye-fills-with-blood-during-cnn-climate-town-hall Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall], Washington Examiner</ref> Biden has long been plagued by health issues.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/surgeon-who-operated-on-joe-biden-hes-better-now-than-before-brain-surgery Surgeon who operated on Biden: He's better now than before brain surgery], Washington Examiner, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bidens-eye-fills-with-blood-during-cnn-climate-town-hall Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall], Washington Examiner</ref> and appears to be medicated. See also: [[Biden's age]] and [[Joe Biden's eye filling with blood during a town hall]].
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Nate Silver of ''FiveThirtyEight'' wrote about Biden's age:
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{{Cquote|A lot of rank-and-file voters do have concerns about Biden’s age. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in February found that 62 percent of voters had reservations about voting for someone aged 75 or older. [https://news.gallup.com/poll/254120/less-half-vote-socialist-president.aspx Other polls] have also shown advanced age to be a concern among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike.<ref>[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-bidens-opponents-being-too-coy-in-making-age-an-issue/ Voters Care About Biden’s Age — Not About His Gaffes] by Nate Silver,''FiveThirtyEight''</ref>}}
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Biden says he met with survivors of the Stoneman Douglas Parkland shooing while he was vice president; the Stoneman Douglas shooting occurred more than one year after Biden left office.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOBkzU6VcI</ref> Whatever the concerns, Biden would likely be a one-term president.