Madonna King: Even a US president can’t escape the ageing process
Joe Biden, on the numbers, is anything but average.
At 81, he’s already taken the cake, as the oldest president to lace up his shoes for another run towards the Oval Office.
And sure, he’s not the oldest global leader, with Cameroon President Paul Biya – at 91 – taking that spot, but he is now more than the combined age of the French President and the current Prime Minister.
But his advanced years – and whether we like that term or not, his years are advanced – point to other numbers where he falls well outside the average.
The average American citizen is 38½ years old; that means Joe Biden is double the age of those he wants to represent for the next four years.
The average retirement age of an American is 65 (for men and 63 for women). By the end of Biden’s second term – if he gets there – he will be two decades older than the average US retiree.
He’s already beaten the life expectancy of his countrymen, and yet he’s out on the hustings shuffling, confusing words and with almost a frozen look on his face........
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