- 2023-07-27 Newsweek.com - president Joe Biden .png (208.39 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
Critics of President Joe Biden have long used his age to question whether an 80-year-old is mentally fit enough to serve as commander-in-chief, and even Democrats are increasingly agreeing that he may be too old to lead the nation.
This month's Harvard CPAS/Harris Poll found that 43 percent of Democrats think Biden is showing he's too old to be president, an increase of 8 percentage points from June and an increase of 10 percentage points from May.
Biden, who took office at age 78 and will turn 81 in October, is the oldest president in U.S. history. If he is reelected in 2024, he will be 86 at the end of his second term.
The president's political rivals have attacked him over his age, pointing to a number of verbal and physical missteps he has made in public. Biden drew particular scrutiny last month after he tripped over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony.
(Source: Newsweek.com)