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    Age and politics: Americans test boundaries

    by Linda Feldmann Sep 05, 2023 5 minutes

    “You’ll live to be 90!” the voice rings out from the crowd. President Joe Biden laughs and makes the sign of the cross.

    “I’ve been doing this longer than anybody,” the president told the crowd at a Labor Day rally in Philadelphia. “And guess what? I’m going to keep doing it, with your help.”

    It’s a pressing issue in American politics today: a leadership class dominated by people well beyond retirement age who, at least publicly, have no plans to step aside.

    Be it President Biden (age 80), former President Donald Trump (77), Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (81), or Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (90), the United States has never had so many top political figures of such advanced age – including, as of now, the likely major-party nominees for president in 2024. 

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