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Biden's age

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Joe Biden

Joe Biden (born November 20, 1942) is 76 years old.

According to Politico:

“ The New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, CNN, the Atlantic, the Associated Press, Slate and just about every other.. outlet you can name has crossed the ageism line to ask the “too old” question in recent articles about Joe Biden, age 76, often in the headline itself.

...after tallying Biden’s repeated stumbles, miscues and mental lapses, journalists tend to retreat from calling Biden too infirm to run the White House. The greater press taboo, it seems, isn’t asking the question about Biden but answering it.[1]

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Matthew Walther, a national correspondent for The Week wrote about Biden's age:

“ 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."[2] ”

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."[3]

Biden's age and voters

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight wrote about Bidens's age:

“ 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. Other polls have also shown advanced age to be a concern among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike.[4] ”

Biden's age: Donald Trump and members of the Democratic Party

Politico also indicated about Joe Biden's age:

“ Donald Trump isn’t subtle about telegraphing what he believes is his best line of attack against Joe Biden: the Democratic front-runner’s advanced age.

But Democrats are beginning to publicly talk about it themselves. In overt and indirect ways, questions about the former vice president’s age and vigor are increasingly surfacing within his own party, fueled by the former vice president’s relatively light campaign schedule and attempts to limit his public exposure. If elected, Biden would be 78 upon entering the White House — making him the oldest president ever to take the office.

“It’s the 78-year-old elephant in the room,” said Miami-based consultant and pollster Fernand Amandi, who consulted for the Obama-Biden campaigns in 2008 and 2012 and is unaffiliated with any 2020 campaign.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Is Joe Biden Too Old?
  2. ↑ What will it take for the Democratic establishment to abandon Biden? by Matthew Walther, The Week
  3. ↑ Can Anyone Catch Joe Biden? by Lisa Lerer, Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein, The New York Times
  4. ↑ Voters Care About Biden’s Age — Not About His Gaffes by Nate Silver,FiveThirtyEight
  5. ↑ [It’s not just Trump questioning Biden’s age. Democrats are, too.], Politico