Does anyone feel strange about a 77 year old man being put under this much stress?
Politics aside, I would not wish a stressful job on any 77 year old regardless of their health and well being - there are biological realities to being a human.
I don't know what motivates these decisions but it seems to me the people of his own party either don't care that there is a non-trivial chance he will die, or they think the glory of being president, even if compromised is worth dying for, or something else.
All of the reasons I can come up with strike me as misguided - 'president' is not a mountain peak you reach with your dying breath, it is supposed to be a difficult job of serving others.
If someone has a take on what his party/he is thinking that's other than 'winning is all that matters', I'd really like to know.
The same can be said of Trump--he's 74 and obese, which I would say puts him and Biden at least around the same level of health. It would be re-assuring to have younger candidates, but you can't claim this is an issue for one candidate but not his heavy, three-years-junior opponent.
At the end of the day as long as the president has the ability to choose competent advisors / cabinet member I think they'll be successful, and I definitely have more confidence in Biden's ability to do this.
The question is whether or not you'd wish your 77 year old parent/grandparent to undertake 4 years of immense stress.
If your answer is yes I would, I'd like to know why and what factors you consider worth the risk of dying of stress related illness.
To be clear, this is not a job only select 70-year olds can do, this is a job many others want to do and I think if you ask any rational human being, a younger person would be better suited for.
Politics aside, I would not wish a stressful job on any 77 year old regardless of their health and well being - there are biological realities to being a human.
I don't know what motivates these decisions but it seems to me the people of his own party either don't care that there is a non-trivial chance he will die, or they think the glory of being president, even if compromised is worth dying for, or something else.
All of the reasons I can come up with strike me as misguided - 'president' is not a mountain peak you reach with your dying breath, it is supposed to be a difficult job of serving others.
If someone has a take on what his party/he is thinking that's other than 'winning is all that matters', I'd really like to know.