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Commentary: A Gen Zer offers advice to President Joe Biden as he gears up for his reelection bid

President Joe Biden smiles as he walks away from Marine One at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2023.

If Joe Biden wins in 2024, he will make history by being the oldest person elected to the presidency. That month, he’ll turn 82. There is no shortage of people who doubt Biden’s ability to campaign. Polls and pundits are quick to connect Biden’s age with low approval numbers.

Even the former chief strategist for Barack Obama when he ran for president, David Axelrod, urged Biden to think about whether running again would be in the “country’s best interest.”

We have been here before, though. We have been in a situation in which sitting presidents — from

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