WASHINGTON: Joe Biden on Wednesday (Apr 26) addressed the elephant in the room of his 2024 re-election bid: The fact that he is already the oldest ever president and would be 86 when he ste
"I respect them taking a hard look at it. I'd take a hard look at it as well - I took a hard look at it before I decided to run," he said.in the White House Rose Garden, said he was confident about what is likely to be a gruelling election battle, all while working in one of the world's most demanding jobs.
Biden tried joking, saying"I can't even say I guess how old I am. I can't even say the number - it doesn't register."Gentle jokes about how long he has been around - serving as a senator for 36 years and vice president to the younger Barack Obama for eight - are usually the only way Biden discusses the age question.
Biden seems driven to keep going not just because that is what first-term presidents always do but from a sense of historic mission to stop Donald Trump, whom he defeated in 2020, from coming back.
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