▲ 1018 ▼ Donald Trump is now the oldest party nominee for president in US history (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments At 78 years old, former President Donald Trump is now the oldest nominee running for president. Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, 59. If she becomes the Democratic nominee, Harris' age could be an advantage against Trump.
[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those generations are completely made up and there is little difference in someone born in 1964 vs 1965. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, but as long as those labels exist, it would still have been nice to be able to apply a new label to the President, instead of using that same old one again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rekorse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Here's the fun part, you can apply whatever label you find useful. Go bananas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, but as long as those labels exist, it would still have been nice to be able to apply a new label to the President, instead of using that same old one again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rekorse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Here's the fun part, you can apply whatever label you find useful. Go bananas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rekorse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Here's the fun part, you can apply whatever label you find useful. Go bananas. permalink fedilink source parent