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The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984
The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if he became impaired, and later with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.