Joe Biden, who will be the oldest US president ever inaugurated if he beats Donald Trump in November, has indicated he could run for a second term. Biden is 77 but he will be 78 on inauguration day in January. He is running against the current oldest president to take power, who was 70 in January 2017 and is now 74. Trump has faced questions about his own health and mental ability, but it hasn’t stopped him attacking his challenger on the same grounds. Asked about such attacks in an ABC interview scheduled for broadcast on Sunday night, Biden said: “Watch me. Mr President, watch me. Look at us both. Look at us both, what we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape we’re in.“I think it’s a legitimate question to ask anybody over 70 years old whether or not they’re fit and whether they’re ready. But I just, [the] only thing I can say to the American people, it’s a legitimate question to ask anybody. Watch me.”Biden has previously challenged Trump to a press-up competition and suggested he would have beaten him up in high school. ABC released clips of its interview with Biden and Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old California senator who is Biden’s running mate. Biden has said he sees himself as a transitional figure, leading many to predict he will serve only four years if elected. If he ran and won in 2024 he would be 82 on inauguration day.



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