Is Joe Biden too old to serve another term as president? Everyone seems to be talking about this as the 2024 election approaches. But did you know that debates over presidential age are not new? Readers of a certain age will remember the debate over Ronald Reagan’s age in 1980 and 1984, but these conversations run even deeper into the American past.
For example:
Grover Cleveland (1904):
1924:
1928:
John Garner (1940):
Arben Barkley (1952):
Averell Harriman (1956):
Ronald Reagan (1980):
Bob Dole (1996):
