- At 78 years old, former President Donald Trump is now the oldest nominee running for president.
- Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, 59.
- If she becomes the Democratic nominee, Harris’ age could be an advantage against Trump.
What I find most mad is that Kamala Harris is nearing retirement age for many industries - yet compared to many in her line of work she seems like she’s in her thirties and has a whole new career ahead of her.
Remember back in 2001 when everyone freaked out at Cheney’s age? He was 60. Our “young” potential candidate is 59.
We came within 1 year of having the first ever Gen X major party nominee (and immediately after the first ever Silent Generation president). But, she’s a yet another boomer by 1 year.
Those generations are completely made up and there is little difference in someone born in 1964 vs 1965.
Sure, but as long as those labels exist, it would still have been nice to be able to apply a new label to the President, instead of using that same old one again.
Here’s the fun part, you can apply whatever label you find useful. Go bananas.
She was 13 when Star Wars came out. She’s no Boomer.
Feel free to lobby for the definition of Boomer to be adjusted.