Jill Biden says her 81-year-old Joe’s age ‘is an ASSET’: First lady rejects claims it is a ‘liability’ and her ‘unflappable’ husband still has ‘vigor

Jill Biden defended husband Joe Biden’s age as he seeks a second term in the White House. She called him an “asset” and described him as full of “power” and “energy.”

‘He can do it. I see Joe every day. I see him outside, you know, traveling around this country. I see his power. I see his energy. I see his passion every day,” the first lady said Thursday in an interview that aired on Morning Joe.

“I say his age is an asset,” she continued, adding, “He is wise. He has wisdom. He has experience. He knows every leader on the world stage. He lived history. He knows the history. He is thoughtful in his decisions. He is the right man or person for the job at this moment in history.”

At 81, President Biden is the oldest American to win the White House, and if he wins a second term, he would be 86 when it ends.

Multiple polls have shown that voters are concerned about Biden’s age in a way that they are not concerned about that of Donald Trump, who is 77 and the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Other polls have shown that Democrats want another option or a new generation of leaders to take over.

But President Biden and his team have tried to turn his age into an asset by calling him experienced. The president often jokes about his age — like the photo he posted on his last birthday of him grinning in front of a flaming birthday cake — but he’s also quick to snap back when questions are asked about his physical and mental ability to be leader of the United States. free world.

Jill Biden echoed these arguments in her interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, where she also called House Republicans’ treatment of her son Hunter “cruel” and spoke about her work as first lady.

In the interview, she described how Joe Biden works late into the night, even after the two of them have sat down to dinner.

“His job doesn’t end if we just have dinner together at 7 p.m.,” she said.

“He’s on the phone, and he’s on the phone with leaders of other countries, and he’s on the phone with his cabinet, or he’s on the phone with someone who lost his home to a tornado, or with a personal problem. So I see that strength and that resilience and that fortitude every day, and he is unflappable,” she said.

Jill Biden often watches over her husband; over Joe and Jill Biden in Pennsylvania last week

Polls show voters are concerned about Joe Biden’s age

Jill Biden often watches over her husband. She is seen on the Truman Balcony, on the second floor of the White House, watching him as he disembarks from Marine One upon his return from a trip.

And she monitors a diet and encourages him to eat more fish and vegetables. At a state dinner for India’s prime minister in June, Jill Biden joked that she knew the vegan meal was good because “Joe ate it.”

In the interview, the first lady also defends the rest of the Biden family.

She blasted “terrible” Republicans in the House of Representatives for showing nude photos of Hunter Biden during their confirmation hearings, saying what they are doing to her son is “cruel.”

“What they’re doing to Hunter is cruel, and I’m really proud of how he’s rebuilt his life after addiction. I love my son. It hurt my grandchildren. That’s what I’m so concerned about, is that it affects their lives as well,” the first lady said Thursday in an interview that aired on Morning Joe.

“Terrible” was the word Biden used when Brzezinski asked her if Republicans were showing photos of Hunter in the House.

The interview aired the day after Hunter Biden disrupted Republicans’ contempt hearing on Capitol Hill, a surprise move that led to chaos in the Capitol. He only stayed about 20 minutes and shortly after he left, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene showed a nude photo of him.

Republicans have heavily attacked Hunter Biden, accusing President Biden of using his official position to enrich his family through Hunter’s businesses. The president has said he was not involved in his son’s business activities.

Brzezinski asked the first lady about the criticism from the other side, including calling them “the Biden crime family” and criticizing her husband for being a “liar” and “mentally incompetent.’

Biden’s response to Republicans’ investigation into her family and the protests against them, such as the “Let’s Go Brandon” meme, have made her even more determined to see Joe Biden get another term in the White House.

“Oh, that makes me want to join the fight even more, because we have to win. We have to win. We cannot let go of our democracy,” she said.

Hunter Biden leaves a House hearing on Wednesday after briefly appearing in the chamber where Republicans urged him to be held in contempt of Congress

She also denounced “extremists” such as MAGA Republicans, echoing the criticism her husband uses on the campaign trail.

“It’s hard to imagine how the other side – the extremists – have changed this country. I mean, we would never have seen things like that 10 years ago,” Biden said.

And when asked what happens if they don’t win a second term, she said: “I can’t even think about it.”