Age anxiety hangs over U.S. election
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are the two oldest major party candidates for the U.S. presidency

AGE OF U.S. PRESIDENTS WHEN FIRST TAKING OFFICE 
Year of inauguration
Note: Graphic only shows presidents since 1961
Age (years) 80
Biden would be 82 if re-elected
78 Joe Biden 2021
70
Trump would be 78 if re-elected
70 Donald Trump 2017
69 Ronald Reagan 1981

64 George
H W Bush 1989

61
Gerald Ford 1974

60
56
Richard Nixon 1969
55 Lyndon B Johnson 1963
Average age: 55
50
54 George W Bush 2001
52 Jimmy Carter 1977
40
47 Barack Obama 2009
46 Bill Clinton 1993
43 John F Kennedy 1961


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