Letter to the editor: Biden's mental fitness

Consider President Biden’s stamina, his schedule so full, reporters traveling with him — some half his age — worn out. Others describe him as “vigorous intellectually,” “an intellectual firepower,” “his mastery of the geopolitical world astounding.”

Research shows two-thirds of Americans over 85 do not have dementia. That reality is evinced by people in their 80s and 90s leading active, productive lives. Many congressional members are older than Biden: Mitch McConnell, 81, Charles Grassley, 89, Bernie Sanders, 82, Jim Clyburn, 82, Steny Hoyer, 83, Hal Rogers, 85.

Diplomat Henry Kissinger was 100 when he jetted off to visit with his old pal Xi Jinping last summer. Anthony Fauci is 87. Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, 92. Can you imagine anyone fussing about financial whiz Warren Buffett’s age (93)?

Equally impressive, entertainment octogenarians and more. Robert Redford, 87, Robert De Niro, 82, Ridley Scott, 86, Anthony Hopkins, 86, Willie Nelson, 90, the Rolling Stones, 79-80. Paul McCartney, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, all 81. Dick Van Dyke, 98, still dancing. William Shatner, 92, still going where no man has gone before.

Biden’s mental acuity? Listen to his State of the Union address.

Dar Thomas

Whitehall