This is a difficult time to defend the gerontocracy. The past week has dramatically highlighted both the disproportionate grip on power by the elderly in American politics — and the problems with their power. But the positive aspects of old age in politics deserve a better defense than some of the most prominent examples of it may incline us to offer today.
Joe Biden’s suspiciously timed stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis has raised many questions. It would have done so even if it hadn’t come amid heightened scrutiny of Biden’s marked decline while president, an office he assumed at age 78.
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