Is Joe Biden too old? Yes, according to 70% of Americans who, before his declaration of candidacy on April 25, believed that he should not re-enter because of his old age. Aged 80, the president will be 82 during a possible re-inauguration; 86 at the end of a second term. A record. The age of Captain Biden was already debated in 2020. This did not prevent him from governing, from launching gigantic recovery plans, infrastructure and the fight against global warming, nor from leaving Afghanistan and supporting Ukraine by challenging Putin. Result, the expected triumph of the Republicans in the midterm elections in November, did not take place.
All in all, Biden’s record isn’t bad. But, for lack of energy, the reforming president did not provide after-sales service to the Americans. Granted, he’s not the Democrats’ dream candidate, but there’s no other, aside from surprise nominee Robert Kennedy Jr. Plus, attacking Biden on his old age hardly pays off in a country. where the oldest are those who vote the most.
Luckily for Biden, Trump, 76, is producing a push-back effect that pushes away the prospect of a Republican victory. To win, they need a younger candidate. Ron DeSantis? Maybe. If necessary, the outgoing president can always reuse to the formulas of Ronald Reagan who had hit the bull’s eye during a debate against the fifty-something Walter Mondale in 1984. “I am often told about my age, smiled the septuagenarian then, but, rest assured, I will not exploit the question of young age and my opponent’s inexperience.”
