President Joe Biden just admitted that his age is a “legitimate thing to be concerned about” as he turns 80 in November.
During an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show,” Biden was asked to convince voters to support him in spite of his age.
“I think it’s a legitimate thing to be concerned about anyone’s age, including mine,” says Biden.
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“Watch me. You know, am I slowing up? Am I don’t have the same pace?…I could get a disease tomorrow, I could, you know, drop dead tomorrow.” pic.twitter.com/o7jDVE5WVV
“I think it’s a legitimate thing to be concerned about, anyone’s age, including mine,” he told host Jonathan Capehart. “But the best way to make a judgment is to, you know, watch me. You know, am I slowing up? Do I not have the same pace?”
“Or, you know, and that old joke, you know – everybody talks about the new, you know, 70s, 50s, you know all that stuff,” he continued. “I’m a big believer in fate. I could get a disease tomorrow, I could, you know, drop dead tomorrow.”
Officials are growing concerned over the president’s physical and mental well-being after a series of worrying events. Last month, Biden was asking where Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski was, who died in a car accident a month earlier.
“If they think I do, then it is fine. If not, they should vote against me,” he said in response to the critics. “I do not want to jinx myself, I am in good health. All of my- everything physically about me is still functioning well, so you know, and mentally too.”
“I can’t even say the age I’m gonna be! I can’t even get it out of my mouth!” he added.
The White House has repeatedly downplayed concerns when asked about the president’s physical and mental capabilities.
Speaking to CNN in June, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if Biden has “the stamina, physically and mentally, do you think to continue on even after 2024?”
“Don, you’re asking me this question,” Jean-Pierre said. “Oh my gosh. He’s the president of the United States.”
Jean-Pierre then laughed and told host Don Lemon that she sometimes struggles to keep up with the president before dismissing criticisms about his well-being as “hearsay” and “not what we care about.”
Biden became the oldest individual ever elected to serve in the White House, and he could break the record should he decide to seek re-election in 2024.
