Biden Admits He Might Be Too Old To Have Served Another Term

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President Joe Biden acknowledged in an interview published Wednesday that he might be too old to serve another four years in the White House in a candid admission about his age after repeatedly dismissing the concerns during his ill-fated re-election campaign last year.

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Biden told USA Today “who the hell knows? So far so good, but who knows what I’m going to be when I’m 86 years old” when asked if he would have been healthy enough to serve another four years had he stayed in the race and beat President-elect Donald Trump.

The president insisted, however, that he could have beat Trump, citing polling he reviewed (though it’s unclear what polls he was referring to as most major national surveys consistently showed Trump leading in the wake of Biden’s disastrous June debate performance).

Last year, Biden repeatedly rejected concerns about his age, telling ABC News in a post-debate interview “I believe so” when asked if he had the mental and physical capacity to serve another term, adding “I wouldn’t be running if I didn’t think I did.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.