1 of 2 Joe Biden during a speech at the White House on August 9, 2022 — Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Portal Joe Biden during a speech at the White House on August 9, 2022 — Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Portal
When considering Joe Biden’s candidacy for reelection, the age factor automatically appears as his main opponent. O oldest president of US At the end of a second term, he would also be the oldest at 86.
That’s why the outcome of the exam he had this Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland deserves so much attention.
The president’s vitality as a vigorous 80yearold man, “perfectly suited to carry out his duties,” was highlighted in the Certificate from your doctorKevin O’Connor.
The discomfort it causes the public was made clear in the Bulletin: frequent hawking and coughing are the result of reflux; the stiff gait is due to wear and tear on the spine and is alleviated by physiotherapy.
The threehour exam showed no neurological abnormalities. After the conclusion, Biden ran onto the South Lawn of the White House in a light rain to provide another clue as to who want to brag about perfect health and need to convince their voters.
“I think people just have to look at me,” he replied last week when asked his age in an interview on PBS.
Biden has expressed a desire to run again but has yet to formally announce his candidacy. He is already encountering resistance in his own party, which he is trying to combat with experience.
That’s according to a survey by the APNORC Center for Public Affairs only 37% of Democrats support him in this second venture. Seventy percent of Americans don’t want him running again, and most cite age as a deterrent.
You Opponent Republicans paint the President as a caricature and exploit cognitive weaknesses Image that the White House persistently tries to invalidate by highlighting its achievements in the various crises during the mandate.
Your allies rise Biden’s appearance at the State of the Union addressrecently delivered on Capitol Hill, and the sharp answers it’s from improvisationto criticize the Republicans, as well as the detailed itineraryinside and outside the country.
2 of 2 Joe Biden’s constant travel routine is one of the arguments of those who counter critics of the reelection of a US president on age grounds. — Photo: Portal/Leah Millis Joe Biden’s constant travel routine is one of the arguments of those opposing critics of a US president’s reelection on age grounds. — Photo: Portal/Leah Millis
The attacks date back to the last election campaign, when opponent Donald Trump was only four years his junior Nickname “Sleepy Joe”. At the time, the Democrat proposed holding a oneman mandate and acting as a bridge to the new generation. However, Biden has indicated that he has changed his mind.
First Republican candidate to runformer Ambassador to the UN Nikki HaleyAt 51, she’s selling herself as a nextgeneration candidate. So, in an attempt to beat both Biden and Trump, they advocated a mental ability test for candidates over the age of 75 in his campaign announcement.
“There is a competency test for president called election”, Democrat strategist Michael Starr Hopkins summarized to The Hill website. And it’s at this point his allies are warning opponents that focusing on age to attack can also result in an own goal.