How Old Would President ___ Be?
Ages of Potential 2016 Presidential Candidates on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2017
If they run, Vice President Joe Biden or Sen. Bernie Sanders would definitely face the age question. Sen. John McCain did when he was the Republican nominee in 2008. McCain would have been 72 years 4.8 months on Inauguration Day Jan. 20, 2009, and some voters did cite his age among the factors for not voting for him. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican nominee, likewise faced age concerns; he would have been 73 years 6.0 months on Inauguration Day 2009. President Ronald Reagan, during a 1984 campaign debate with Sen. Walter Mondale, famously declared, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Reagan was 73 at the time. Age is a fair topic for discussion, but as long as a candidate is in good health, up to the job and has a good running mate as backup, the real question isn't his or her age, but the experience he or she would bring to the job, his or her leadership skills, temperament, common sense and problem-solving ability.
2016 Presidential Candidates and their age. 
May 03, 2015 @ 13:50:06
