‘Trump is as old as I am’, says Biden as he hits back at age critics on Late Night show

Biden skewers Trump's 'old age' while defending own age on Late Night with Seth MeyersLate Night with Seth Meyers, NBC

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00:00 -Welcome back to "Late Night."

00:01 We're here with President Joe Biden.

00:03 You mentioned some classified material,

00:05 some documents recently leaked, some classified documents.

00:10 And this isn't a gotcha show, but I do want to ask about it.

00:12 That says you are currently 81 years old.

00:14 -Who the hell told you that? -Yeah.

00:17 -That's classified. -That's classified.

00:18 All jokes aside, according to recent polling,

00:20 this is a real concern for American voters.

00:23 How do you address that concern going forward

00:25 as you come up to the 2024 election?

00:28 -Well, a couple things. Number one,

00:29 you got to take a look at the other guy.

00:30 He's about as old as I am,

00:31 but he can't even remember his wife's name.

00:33 -Yeah. [ Laughter ]

00:36 -Number one.

00:38 Number two, it's about how old your ideas are.

00:42 Look, I mean, this is a guy who wants to take us back.

00:45 He wants to take us back on Roe v. Wade.

00:47 He wants to take us back on a whole range of issues

00:49 that are 50, 60 years.

00:51 They've been solid American positions.

00:54 And I really mean this sincerely.

00:57 I think it's about the future.

01:01 And every single thing we've done --

01:03 I think we've gotten some good things done.

01:06 Everything -- And they told us we couldn't get them done

01:08 because things were so divided.

01:11 But I think everything we've gotten done,

01:14 he's just friendly stated he wants to do away with

01:17 if he gets elected.

01:18 And I really think his views on where to take America

01:22 are older than --

01:24 Anyway, I don't want to get --