Will we ever have a first-time president over 80

[Dr. MB]

Do you think there will ever be a first term president who’s over 80 when elected?

[Lord Halifax]

Probably. In the future it'll likely be possible to slow down the aging process considerably, so an 80 year old in 2200 may be as fit as a much younger person today.

[dw93]

Not in my lifetime.

[TML]

Tunisia elected a 87-year-old first-time candidate as President in 2014.

[progressive85]

Hey if mostly all people are living to be 110 in the year 2100, 80 is not that old.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Doubtful

[patzer]

Biden was so close to this, it seems likely to happen eventually.

Maybe the next chance may be, Biden loses to Trump in 2024, and then Ed Markey runs for president as the progressive candidate in 2028 and wins?

[Ferguson97]

No, and I think Biden/Trump will turn people off to older candidates for a while.

[GregTheGreat657]

Yes, but not for a while, because 2024 will most likely be the last election won by a member of the Baby Boomer generation

[pbrower2a]

No. Joe Biden is an extreme case for succeeding a catastrophic failure unlikely to be replicated. Biden is savvy a pol as was available (the 22nd Amendment precluded you-know-who, who would have wiped the floor with Trump's mop hairdo or hairpiece). Think about it: a predictable and safe (even conservative!) foreign policy, no scandals. Obama is as conservative in style as one gets. Biden is to the extent possible more of the same that we had with Obama.

It would take some extreme circumstance -- overthrow of a dictatorial regime or the aftermath of a defeat as the Axis Powers endured for something like that.

[Ferguson97]

I guess it's possible if a younger President picks a geriatric VP and gets impeached or assassinated.

[BG-NY]

No. Joe Biden is an extreme case for succeeding a catastrophic failure unlikely to be replicated. Biden is savvy a pol as was available (the 22nd Amendment precluded you-know-who, who would have wiped the floor with Trump's mop hairdo or hairpiece). Think about it: a predictable and safe (even conservative!) foreign policy, no scandals. Obama is as conservative in style as one gets. Biden is to the extent possible more of the same that we had with Obama.

It would take some extreme circumstance -- overthrow of a dictatorial regime or the aftermath of a defeat as the Axis Powers endured for something like that.

lol