{"id":1074652,"date":"2021-12-01T22:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1074652"},"modified":"2021-12-01T22:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:28:40","slug":"joe-biden-reflects-on-life-at-age-79-god-youre-getting-old-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-reflects-on-life-at-age-79-god-youre-getting-old-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Reflects on Life at Age 79: &#039;God, You&#039;re Getting Old, Biden&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-reflects-on-life-at-age-79-god-youre-getting-old-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1074652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joe-Biden-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden reflected on his age at a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden recalled speaking to some younger people on his staff before the event about his many trips to Israel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, I realize, \u2018God you\u2019re getting old, Biden,\u201d he said, recalling that he had known every Israeli prime minister \u201cwell\u201d since Golda Meir.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/joe-biden-birthday-age-first-president-to-turn-79-in-office\/\">celebrated<\/a> his 79th birthday on Saturday, as the oldest person to occupy the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was introduced at the event by Vice President Kamala Harris, who spoke of Biden in glowing terms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo our great, phenomenal president Joe Biden, to our phenomenal first lady Jill Biden, thank you for welcoming all of us and what you do every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019s husband, Doug Emhoff, is Jewish and was invited to speak at the event and light the menorah.<\/p>\n<p>Other prominent figures at the event included Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>Harris described the Hanukkah story as a lesson on \u201cthe power of the people\u201d and the \u201cpossibility of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in despair there is hope, even in darkness there is light,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president described Biden as a \u201cman of deep faith\u201d who is \u201cguided by the light always\u201d before the two embraced prior to Biden\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden reflected on his age at a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. 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