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US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden greet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as he arrives for a state visit on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. AFPPIX: Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed the elephant in the room of his 2024 re-election bid: the fact that he is already the oldest ever president and would be 86 when he stepped down if he wins.
Biden, speaking alongside South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in the White House Rose Garden, said he was confident about what is likely to be a gruelling election battle, all while working in one of the world’s most demanding jobs. Biden tried joking, saying “I can’t even say I guess how old I am. I can’t even say the number — it doesn’t register.”Gentle jokes about how long he has been around — serving as a senator for 36 years and vice president to the younger Barack Obama for eight — are usually the only way Biden discusses the age question.An NBC News poll released last weekend found that 70 per cent of Americans, including 51 per cent of Democrats, believe he should not run in 2024.
Biden seems driven to keep going not just because that’s what first term presidents always do but from a sense of historic mission to stop Donald Trump, whom he defeated in 2020, from coming back.
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