The Biden Team Cannot Dispel the Concerns about the President’s Age

Back in June 2022, former Obama strategist David Axelrod acknowledged the obvious, that Biden was the oldest president in U.S. history, and winning and serving another term would be a major challenge: “The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” Axelrod said.

About a week later, Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic came out and put it even more directly:

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Back in June 2022, former Obama strategist David Axelrod acknowledged the obvious, that Biden was the oldest president in U.S. history, and winning and serving another term would be a major challenge: “The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” Axelrod said.

About a week later, Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic came out and put it even more directly: