Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said it is unlikely Joe Biden would “make it” to the end of a second term were he to be re-elected to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Biden, 80, announced he was running for re-election in 2024 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is already the oldest president in history. By the end of a second term, Mr Biden would be 86.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He announced that he’s running again in 2024, and I think that we can all be very clear and say with a matter of fact that if you vote for Joe Biden you really are counting on a President Harris, because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely,” Ms Haley said in a Fox News interview on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was referring to President Biden’s deputy, vice president Kamala Harris, who would take over the presidency if Mr Biden died in office. The vice president featured prominently in a video which launched Mr Biden’s re-election bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House issued a blunt response to Ms Haley’s comments, NBC News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said: “As you know, we don’t directly respond to campaigns from here. But honestly, I forgot she was running.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some Democratic voters have indicated they would prefer he not run, in part because of his age – concerns Mr Biden himself has called “totally legitimate”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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