Oldest president elected to office: In 2016, when Trump won the election at 70 years old, he became the oldest elected U.S. president. (President Joe Biden briefly eclipsed Trump for the top spot here after beating him in the 2020 election at age 77.) Now, in 2025, Trump is back at...
he would have been the oldest president elected to a first term. Facing scrutiny over his advanced age in 2019, the then-77-year-old Biden released athree-page notefrom his doctor.
Oldest president elected to office: In 2016, when Trump won the election at 70 years old, he became the oldest elected U.S. president. (President Joe Biden briefly eclipsed Trump for the top spot here after beating him in the 2020 election at age 77.) Now, in 2025, Trump is back at...
OurPolitiFact partnersfact-checked the debate in real time as Biden and Trump clashed on the economy, immigration, and abortion, and revisited discussion of their ages. Biden, 81, has become the oldest sitting U.S. president; if Trump defeats him, he would end his second term at age 82. ...
President Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off in thefirst presidential debate of the 2024 election cyclelast night, a 90-minute affair that was defined byrambling answers by the current president, and lies and misstatements by his predecessor. ...
The survey underscores a divided electorate with voters expressing significant reservations about both Trump and President Joe Biden, who are the oldest candidates in U.S. history vying for the presidency in 2024. https://youtu.be/eI0Kt4OPifI In a significant turn of events, Trump is leading...
Donald Trump is the oldest president elected in US historyMike Nudelman
While Biden is bleeding support among young voters, the nation’s oldest-ever president might just be shoring up his standing with seniors. That would be a shift from the general — though imperfect — trend of political evolution: Voters become more conservative as they age. ...
The 78-year-old, who is already the oldest person to be elected president, will be 82 by the end of his second term. "And president Biden's withdrawal is evidence that the American people are attuned to age-related decline and will look sceptically on octogenarian candidates for president,...
While we must be cautious not to perpetuate ageist stereotypes, we cannot ignore that Trump, who would be the oldest president in American history, is exhibiting such worrisome signs. The presidency is not just any job — it requires sharp mental acuity, sound judgment and the ability to proce...