President Biden is celebrating his 80th birthday today. He's the oldest president to serve, but he's not the first to face questions about his age.
When former President Ronald Reagan struggled in a debate, the question of his age loomed. He deflected the issue with humor, saying he wouldn't exploit his opponent's"youth and inexperience."When former President Ronald Reagan struggled in a debate, the question of his age loomed. He deflected the issue with humor, saying he wouldn't exploit his opponent's"youth and inexperience.
Years after Reagan left office, the nation would learn he had Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative condition that eventually claimed his life. The revelation of the diagnosis reignited questions about whether there had been signs of early symptoms during his second term. Until Biden, Donald Trump had been the oldest president on his inauguration day. Trump was 74 when he left office, and has filed paperwork to run again. If he returned to office, he would be 82 by the end of that term.While airline pilots face mandatory retirement at 65, federal law enforcement at 65, and judges in some states at 70, there is no age limit for elected federal office holders. The rule is that the voters decide.
The Constitution requires members of Congress to be 25 and presidents and vice presidents to be 35. That's it. No upper age limit. And apparently the participants at the convention that wrote that document in 1787 were not at all concerned with an upper limit. That may have been because they themselves were relatively young, averaging 42 years. The youngest was just 26, the oldest, Benjamin Franklin, was 81. Barry Thumma/ASSOCIATED PRESSPresident George H.
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