Does Bernie Sanders worry about Joe Biden’s age? This said the senator

() — Bernie Sanders, senator from Vermont, put aside concerns about the age of United States President Joe Biden this Sunday after the announcement of his candidacy for re-election: “Age is one thing. I think experience is another.” .

The independent senator, who at 81 is a year older than Biden, told ‘s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that “if you believe in democracy, if you want more people to vote and not fewer, I think the The choice is pretty clear. And that choice is Biden.”

Sanders, who aligns with Democrats in the Senate, endorsed Biden’s re-election bid last week, and the president is likely to enjoy an easy path to the 2024 Democratic nomination. Writer Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is challenging him in the primary, but no major Democratic candidate is expected to join them.

However, at 80 years old, Biden is the oldest president in the country. Polls have consistently shown concern about his age, even among Democrats.

While there are glaring moments when Biden is visibly slower physically than he was, dozens of aides, administration officials and members of Congress who have spent time with him have told how thorough and demanding he is meeting after meeting.

Sanders, who is running for re-election in 2024 but has not yet detailed his plans, said Sunday that the key for Democrats to keep the White House lies in focusing more on “working class issues.”

The party, he said, has to “make it clear that we believe in a government that represents everyone, not just a few. Stand up to the greed of the insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies, Wall Street, all the interests of the big money, and start serving the working class.”

“If he does that,” he said, “I think Biden will win by a landslide.”

Biden admitted earlier this month that he “seriously considered” his own age when considering whether to run for re-election.

“(The American electorate) will see a race, and they’re going to judge whether I have it or not. I respect that they look at it with a magnifying glass. I also looked at it thoroughly before deciding to run, and I feel good, I’m excited about the prospects Biden said when asked about his age during a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the White House.

“Regarding age, I can’t even say how old I am. I can’t even say the number, it doesn’t sound familiar to me,” he joked.