Former Vice President Joe Biden turns 78 today, which will now make him the oldest president in the history of the United States when he assumes office in two months' time.
According to a report by The Independent, Biden will be breaking the presidential age record previously set by Republican Ronald Reagan, who left the White House in 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days old.
Check out this video showing Kamella Harris calling Biden to inform him of his projected election win:
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Biden was projected by multiple news and media outlets to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, November 7. However, his advanced age (four years older than incumbent POTUS Donald Trump) has left some concerned about the Democrat leader's heath.
For instance, per The Independent, Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University, recently stated:
"It’s crucial that [Biden] and his staff put himself in the position early in his presidency where he can express what he wants with a crispness that's not always been his strength.
"He has got to build up credibility with the American people that he’s physically and mentally up to the job."
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But in a medical report released by the Biden campaign in December of 2019, physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor stated that the former VEEP was: "healthy, vigorous ... fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief."
O’Connor added in his report that Biden works out five days a week, and has relied on a Peloton bike, a treadmill, and weights to stay in shape during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, an article published by a team of researchers in the Journal on Active Aging concluded that both Biden is likely a "super-agers", and estimated that he will probably outlive his American contemporaries and maintain his health beyond the end of his first presidential term.
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However, Biden has suffered from neurological issues in the past. In February 1988, after several episodes of increasingly severe neck pain, he was admitted to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center for surgery to save his life after he suffered a brain aneurysm.
While recuperating he suffered a pulmonary embolism and suffered a second aneurysm later, which kept him away from the Senate for seven months.
Indeed, Marvel movie actor Chris Evans recently delighted his fans on social media by pointing out how much Biden looks like his own character of Steve Rogers. Perhaps the President-elect had access to Captain America's super-soldier serum?