Fact check: How much older is Joe Biden than Reagan was when he left the White House?

As Biden looks ahead to running for re-election, polling shows Americans have concerns...

“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day,” Martin said April 30. “He’s not going to escape the age issue.”PolitiFact is a fact-checking project to help you sort out fact from fiction in politics. Truth-O-Meter ratings are determined by a panel of three editors. The burden of proof is on the speaker, and PolitiFact rates statements based on the information known at the time the statement is made.

Reagan’s response was an instant classic: “I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” Mondale, who was 56 then and had a decades-long career in the Senate and as vice president, laughed heartily, as did everyone else in the hall.

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