Joe Biden turns 82, strengthens his status as the oldest US president in office!

President Joe Biden turned 82 on Wednesday, cementing his place as the oldest US president in history.

The president, who has often had to answer questions about his health and stamina, has previously joked about his age.

Biden was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was the first of four children born to Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr.

The Biden family then moved to Claymont, Delaware, where he graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council.

He was then elected to the US Senate at the age of 29. Weeks before his election victory, he and his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed and sons Hunter and Beau were seriously injured in a car accident. He then married Jill Biden in 1977 and the couple had their daughter Ashley in 1980.

Biden represented Delaware for 36 years before becoming President Barack Obama's vice president. In 2020, Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States at the age of 77.

Who was previously the oldest president?

Before Biden, Trump was the oldest person ever to be elected US president: 70 years old at the time of his inauguration in January 2017.

He completed his first term as president at the age of 74.

Now 78, Trump will be the oldest US president ever to take office, beating Biden by about five months. It would also make him the oldest president to serve in office when he ends his second term at 82 years and just over seven months.

Some of the other older presidents

In addition to Trump and Biden, the country has seen several "older" presidents.

President Ronald Reagan was 73 years old when he won his second term in 1984. He left office in 1989, at the age of 77.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower left the White House in 1961, at the age of 70.

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