Joe Biden Turns 78 and Will Be the Oldest U.S. President
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the oldest president in the nation’s history.
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Washington (AP) -- President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.
As he wrestles with those issues, Biden will be attempting to accomplish another feat: demonstrating to Americans that age is but a number and he's up to the job.