Matthew Walther, a national correspondent for ''The Week'' wrote about '''Biden's age''':
{{Cquote|These days, Biden is confused about everything and everyone virtually all the time... He routinely says things that are absolute gibberish... These are not ordinary slips of the tongue. They are signs of cognitive decline that will be familiar to anyone who, like me, spends a good deal of time in the company of people who are roughly Biden's age."<ref>[https://theweek.com/articles/858498/what-take-democratic-establishment-abandon-bidenWhat will it take for the Democratic establishment to abandon Biden?] by Matthew Walther, The Week</ref>}}
After Biden’s poor performance in Iowa, a Democratic county chair told ''The New York Times'', "He’s pressing against Father Time, who is a very tough competitor."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/biden-iowa-2020.html Can Anyone Catch Joe Biden?] by Lisa Lerer, Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein, ''The New York Times''</ref>