President Biden has been warned by top aides and his wife Jill to rest more and be more mindful of his health going into 2024 — while he claims he “feels so much younger” than his 81 years, according to a new report.
The age dynamic has caused tension inside the White House, according to Axios, which reported that aides have been known to roll their eyes at Biden’s insistence that he feels spry.
“He is his own worst enemy when it comes to his schedule,” one ex-Biden adviser told the outlet, which reported in April that aides have trouble booking presidential events at certain times of the day — with the result that Biden’s agenda is dominated by happenings between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Both Republican and Democratic voters have expressed concern in surveys this year that Biden, who would be 86 years old at the end of a prospective second term, lacks the mental fitness to perform the job.