Biden & Trump 2024: Are They Too Old to Be President?

In a speech launching her presidential campaign on Wednesday, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., launched a not-very-subtle attack against President Biden and former president Donald Trump.

Calling for a new generation of leadership, Haley, age 51, said it was time “to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past.” Haley added that if she is elected president, there will be “term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.” If reelected in 2024, Biden, now 80, would turn 86 during his final year in office; Trump, now 76, would turn 82 that year.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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In a speech launching her presidential campaign on Wednesday, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., launched a not-very-subtle attack against President Biden and former president Donald Trump.

Calling for a new generation of leadership, Haley, age 51, said it was time “to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past.” Haley added that if she is elected president, there will be “term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.” If reelected in 2024, Biden, now 80, would turn 86 during his final year in office; Trump, now 76, would turn 82 that year.