First lady Jill Biden says her husband’s age shouldn’t deter Americans from voting for him in the next presidential election.
Morning Joe Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Jill Biden, “To those who say, ‘I can’t vote for Joe Bidenhe’s too old, what do you say?
The First Lady responded: “I say his age is an asset. He is wise, he has wisdom, he has experience. He knows all the leaders on the world stage. He has lived history, “He knows the history, he is thoughtful in his decisions. He is the ideal man, the right person, for the job at this moment in history.”
President Biden, 81, has often made headlines for his travels and stumbles, with his age, being a topic of discussion online and with notable political figures.
In January 2021, when he was inaugurated at the age of 78, he became the oldest person to ever serve as president. If he is re-elected, he would be 86 years old at the end of a hypothetical second term.
The couple married in 1977, and as life partners of 46 years, she still sees his “vigor” and “energy”.
In the interview broadcast Thursday, she said: “He can do it. I see Joe every day. I see him traveling across this country, I see his vigor, I see his energy, I see his passion every day. “.
During the interview, they discussed the status of her husband’s re-election campaign, her priorities as first lady and the attacks leveled against Hunter Biden and the Biden family as a whole.
Hunter was the target from an investigation conducted by House Republicans for his alleged financial dealings, for which congressional conservatives claim he and his father benefited from overseas transactions involving individuals from countries including Ukraine, China, Russia, Romania and Kazakhstan. Hunter previously called the allegations against him “baseless.”
When the subject of Hunter came up in the interview, Biden said: “Mika, what I think they’re doing to Hunter is cruel, and I’m really proud of the way Hunter has rebuilt his life after his addiction . I love my son and this has hurt my grandchild, and that’s what worries me so much, because it’s affecting their lives as well.”
Brzezinski asked her how she felt about spending “another four years in the White House” if her husband was re-elected and if any part of her was thinking about stepping down in the face of the challenges of the role.
Biden responded: “That’s why I want to run another campaign, because I think, as Joe says, that democracy is about freedoms and so Americans have a choice, they can have strong and stable leadership, someone who fights for democracy or they can choose chaos and division. »
As clips of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack played, Biden said, “We have to win (the next election), we have to win, we can’t give up on our democracy.”
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