President Biden, who will turn 81 this November and is seeking re-election next year, predicted in 1991 that he would be 'dead and gone' by 2020.
made a bold prediction in the early 1990s that he would be"dead and gone" by 2020 — the year he actually ran against then-President Donald Trump in the presidential election.at the Detroit College of Law amid his tenure as a U.S. senator from Delaware — a post he held for more than 35 years.
"If they live — if Justice [David] Souter, God willing, lives as long as the average age of the court now, he’ll be making landmark decisions in the year 2020. I’ll be dead and gone in all probability," added then-Sen. Biden, who will turn 81 this November.Biden's comments in the footage, which was resurfaced by the, revealed that he was wrong on both counts. Souter — after nearly 20 years of service to the high court — retired in 2009, and Biden is still alive today.
Should Biden win re-election next year, he will be 86 by the end of his second term in office. With his age being on the minds of Americans, Biden has faced concerns over his ability to lead the nation — some from his own party even — as he grows older. Last year, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat, suggested it is time for Biden to gracefully retire.Phillips told the Wall Street Journal"You can see the differences between how he used to be and how he is now," Liano Sharon, aBiden, amid numerous gaffes and mishaps, admitted last October that questions about his age are"totally legitimate."
"I think it’s a legitimate thing to be concerned about anyone’s age, including mine. That’s totally legitimate. But I think the best way to make the judgment is to, you know, watch me. Am I slowing up? Am I – don’t have the same pace?" Biden said in an interview with MSNBC.
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