And if Joe Biden, who announced his candidacy on Tuesday, can win a second presidential term, his age upon leaving office will be 86.
Biden is currently 80 years old and the oldest person to assume the presidency in United States history.
Nikki Haley said in an interview with ‘Fox News’ that anyone who wants to give Biden their vote should keep in mind that he is actually voting for Kamala Harris, adding that he is unlikely may live to the eighty-sixth.
According to the US Constitution, the vice president is the one who assumes the office of president, in the event of a vacancy.
Commenting on Haley’s remarks, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said: “As you know, we don’t respond to (election) campaigns here, but to be honest, I had forgotten that ‘She was originally a presidential candidate.”
The White House spokesman intended to ridicule Haley and cast her as a quiet candidate for the US presidency.
The debate over Biden’s age is not only receding among Republicans, but many Democrats would have preferred the current president not to run again, due to his advanced age.
A poll by the “Nork” Center for Public Affairs Research recently showed that only 47% of Democrats support Biden’s candidacy.
Opponents of Biden’s candidacy say he is advanced in age, and several signs of illness have appeared on them, they say, since the current president has appeared more than once while ‘distracted’ and unable to concentrate.
But Biden has defended his health and said in a previous press interview that he appreciates the health that allows him to fully perform his White House duties.
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