Editor’s note: Paul Irving is a senior fellow at the Milken Institute, previously serving as the Institute’s president and founding chair of its Center for the Future of Aging. Irving is also a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He earlier served as an advanced leadership fellow at Harvard University, and chair and CEO of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a national law and consulting firm.
Talk about Joe Biden’s age reached fever pitch in the wake of his recent presidential debate performance, and the attention is not surprising given the stakes. Bombarded with speculation about the president’s physical and cognitive health, and about the health and age of Donald Trump, observers want answers. Are they too old to lead? Are they cognitively intact? Do they lack the capacity to be effective? …
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