{"id":2267621,"date":"2024-06-14T06:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T10:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-birthday-puts-his-and-bidens-age-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T06:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T10:22:44","slug":"trumps-birthday-puts-his-and-bidens-age-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-birthday-puts-his-and-bidens-age-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s birthday highlights the ages of both him and Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftrumps-birthday-puts-his-and-bidens-age-in-the-spotlight%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=2267621&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--><p>Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, both contenders for the next U.S. presidential election, are highlighting issues related to their ages as they vie \u2063for the presidency. Trump, who will soon become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hell-be-back-white-house-says-joe-biden-will-bid-for-2024-reelection\/\" title=\"He'll Be Back: White House Says Joe Biden Will Bid for 2024 Reelection\">oldest presidential candidate<\/a> to accept his party\u2019s nomination, is four years younger than \u200cBiden. While Trump\u200c has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporations-stay-quiet-on-abortion-after-disneys-disastrous-tangle-with-desantis\/\" title=\"Corporations Stay Quiet On Abortion After Disney\u2019s Disastrous Tangle With DeSantis\">largely steered clear<\/a> of age-related criticisms, Biden has found it to\u200b be a significant challenge, defending\u200b his capability\u2064 and vigor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-nancy-pelosi-was-executed\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Nancy Pelosi Was Executed\">recent public appearances<\/a>\u2063 and\u200d interviews. Despite\u200b Biden\u2019s attempts to leverage his experience, concerns about his age persist among \u2064voters. Trump, although\u2062 perceived as more physically energetic at times, has also faced moments that \u2062raised\u2064 questions about his vitality\u2062 and focus. Both candidates are seen \u2064by some \u2063as too old \u200cfor the presidency, impacting public perception and emerging as underlying \u2063themes in their respective campaigns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is celebrating his birthday Friday, shining a spotlight on both his and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s age as the two men vie to settle the record on the oldest person inaugurated in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is four years younger than Biden, 78 to his predecessor\u2019s 81. But despite the relatively small age gap, Trump has largely avoided criticism regarding his age as pressure mounts on the incumbent to perform at this month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will be the oldest presidential candidate in history to accept his party\u2019s nomination during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a> next month in Milwaukee. But he will only hold that record for four weeks before Biden accepts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic counterpart<\/a> in August in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>, and his campaign understand the president\u2019s age has become a political problem, with Biden ardently defending himself from the scrutiny, including last week during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3027126\/biden-defends-age-weaker-defense-netanyahu-rare-print-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a rare sit-down interview with <em>Time<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can do it better than anybody you know,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6984970\/joe-biden-2024-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Time<\/em> of the presidency. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at me, I can take you too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s age has, in part, helped him appeal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seniors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>persuadable seniors<\/a>, a demographic of reliable voters who have traditionally leaned conservative. But polls also capture concerns, even among his own supporters, that he is too old to be president, such as March\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/03\/us\/politics\/biden-age-trump-poll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>New York Times<\/em>-Siena College survey<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAge is Joe Biden\u2019s biggest opponent, and across all humanity, age is undefeated,\u201d Republican strategist Brad Todd told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cVigor is Trump\u2019s controlling ideology and his campaign\u2019s best asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But a poll conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/poll-americans-on-biden-age\/story?id=107126589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ABC News and Ipsos in February<\/a> found respondents considered both Biden and Trump too old for the top job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn physical appearance, yes, Trump seems more energetic,\u201d University of Minnesota Center for the Study of Politics and Governance Director\u00a0Lawrence\u00a0Jacobs told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cOn enunciation, mispronouncing words, freezing, etc. \u2014 even. Developing a thought-out plan for change and following it \u2014 Biden.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has a hard time focusing, developing a plan, and executing it,\u201d Jacobs said. \u201cTrump\u2019s chaotic, off-the-cuff announcements. Biden\u2019s less likely to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claremont McKenna College politics professor John\u00a0Pitney, a former Republican staffer, agreed that \u201csometimes Trump\u2019s vigor deserts him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour years ago today, he tottered down a ramp and needed two hands to drink a glass of water,\u201d Pitney told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cHis recent reverie about sharks and batteries raised questions about his mental state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitney was alluding to Trump\u2019s 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>West Point<\/a> commencement address, though the former president has contended that the ramp \u201cwas very long and steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing I was going to do is \u2018fall\u2019 for the Fake News to have fun with,\u201d Trump wrote on social media at the time.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Four years later, Trump told a crowd last weekend in Nevada that he would rather be electrocuted than attacked by a shark during a section of his speech related to South Carolina\u2019s boat industry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you\u2019re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery is now underwater and there\u2019s a shark that\u2019s approximately 10 yards over there?\u201d he asked during his Las Vegas rally. \u201cDo I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: It must be because of my relationship with M.I.T., very smart, I say, what would happen if the boat sank, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater\u2026. Do I get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zAUkDoOBD3\">pic.twitter.com\/zAUkDoOBD3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1799895088354804183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democratic campaign adviser Bob Mulholland quipped, \u201cThere is a big difference between a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy Election Day, voters will see no difference between an 81-year-old and a 78-year-old, except Trump is very overweight and unhealthy,\u201d Mulholland told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency has aged its occupants. Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>, for example, famously left the White House after two terms in office noticeably grayer compared to his first Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 In this Feb. 10, 2007, file photo, then-Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle wave to the crowd after he announced his candidacy for president of the United States at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. (AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>Former President Barack Obama arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump, whose medical records have been treated with skepticism after his personal doctor, Harold Bornstein, admitted candidate-Trump wrote an open letter in 2015 on his behalf that described his health as \u201castonishingly excellent,\u201d does not appear to have shown signs of age as quickly physically.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Developer Donald Trump gestures as he announces that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden meets the media after signing a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Savelletri, Italy. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, White House physician Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor updated Biden\u2019s own medical records to read that he \u201cfeels well\u201d and \u201ccontinues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is spending his birthday with Club 47 USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us in celebrating the birthday of the best president ever,\u201d the invitation from the pro-Trump corporation states. \u201cBorn in the U.S.A. on Flag Day. Wear red, white, and blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump in 2017 became the oldest president ever to be inaugurated at age 70, surpassing the previous record set by Ronald Reagan, who was 69 when he became president. Biden shattered that record in 2021 when he took the oath of office two months after turning 78. Trump would reclaim the title if he wins a second term, as he would be sworn in about seven months into his 78th year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is leading Biden by less than a percentage point in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FiveThirtyEight<\/a>\u2018s<\/em> general election polling averages that takes into account independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, 41% to 40.1%. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>  provides Trump with an almost 3-point advantage, 42.6% to 39.7%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump, celebrating his birthday Friday, highlights the age debate as he and President Joe Biden compete to be the oldest inaugurated U.S. president. Trump, at 78, is four years younger than 81-year-old Biden. 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