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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mona Charen

No, Joe Biden’s not too old to run again

President Joe Biden rides his bike on a bike path at Gordon’s Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (AP Photos)

Confession: For the past couple of years, I fell into the “Biden shouldn’t run again” camp. Too old. Better not to ask Americans to reelect a man who will be 82 in November of 2024 and ... you know the rest. Nikki Haley summed it up tactlessly in April: “The idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely.”    

But I’ve thought better of it. Yes, Biden is the oldest man ever elected president and bids fair to break his own record, but that’s not entirely a bad thing.    

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