President Biden’s 80th birthday on Sunday is being met at the White House with a hint of dread. “Somebody said my birthday is coming up,” he said recently. “And I said, ‘No, that must be somebody else.’”
“Somebody said my birthday is coming up,” he said recently. “And I said, ‘No, that must be somebody else.’”what an 80-year-old Biden would tell a 50-year-old Biden, he immediately responded: “That I’m still 50!”
Reagan, whose advanced age was a dominant issue during the presidential campaign, took the approach of embracing his age, with a tinge of humor. “I want to thank you for starting out the celebration of my 31st anniversary of my 39th birthday,” he joked. By his own account, Eisenhower was moved not only by emotion but also by fear of aging. “The idea of retirement is sometimes terrifying,” he confided that day. Biden is in a different position from those predecessors. His age — and by implication the notion that he may have lost a step — is a major part of Republican attacks on him as he weighs reelection. It has already played into the private discussions of some Democrats that he should step aside for a new generation.
Andrew Bates, the deputy White House press secretary, pointed to that phrase, along with a string of accomplishments during Biden’s first two years, including the better than expected midterm results. “Keep watching,” he said. “They come in and said, ‘Satch, no one’s ever pitched a win at age 47. How do you feel about pitching a win on your birthday?’” Biden told Francis, according to video of the event. “And he looked at them and he said, ‘Boys, that’s not how I look at age. I look at it this way: How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?’”“You’re 65, I’m 60,” he said. “God love ya.”
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