President Biden insisted that he’s “in better physical shape” than former President Donald Trump while dismissing calls from fellow Democrats to step aside due to concerns about his mental fitness — despite forgetting the name “Herbert Hoover” in the same interview with BET.
“Look, I’m only three years older than Trump, okay? And I think I’m in a little better physical shape than he is,” Biden said, chuckling as he referred to the Republican presidential nominee’s weight.
“It’s not unreasonable for people to say, ‘Wait a minute, you’re 81 years old,'” Biden told Ed Gordon of BET News in the interview, which was taped Tuesday in Las Vegas and released Wednesday night.
“So I think it’s a legitimate thing for the race and as long as I can demonstrate it is not affecting my ability to compete and my ability to get things done, my ability to literally lead the world.”