Donald Trump will be oldest president

President Donald Trump will become the oldest U.S. president
ever sworn into office, beating Joe Biden’s 2021
inauguration age by some five months

AGE OF U.S. PRESIDENTS
WHEN FIRST TAKING OFFICE

43
John F
Kennedy
1961

46
Bill Clinton
1993

47
Barack Obama
2009

52
Jimmy Carter
1977

54
George
W Bush
2001

55
Lyndon B
Johnson
1963

56
Richard Nixon
1969

61
Gerald Ford
1974

64
George
H W Bush
1989

69
Ronald Reagan
1981

70
Donald
Trump
2017

78
Joe
Biden
2021

78
Donald
Trump
2025

Year of inauguration

Note: Graphic only
shows presidents
since 1961

Average age: 55

Age
(years)

80
70
60
50
40

Sources: Washington Post, POTUS
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