Biden's aides roll their eyes when he says he feels youthful as First Lady tries to keep him from overdoing it
Biden, at 81 years old, is the oldest serving president in American history
By Jeffrey Clark Fox News
Published December 19, 2023 2:00pm EST
First Lady Jill Biden has an "extraordinary amount of influence" over President Biden's schedule to keep him from getting overtired, and his claims of feeling youthful are drawing eye rolls from his staff, according to a new report.
"Jill Biden has an extraordinary amount of influence over the president’s schedule," Axios reporter Alex Thompson said during a Tuesday appearance on "CNN This Morning."
"Now, it’s usual for first ladies to keep an eye on the schedule," Thompson said. "It is not so normal for a First Lady to be crafting the presidential schedule."
Thompson explained that Biden's age also causes conflict between his aides over the president's schedule management.
"A lot of aides that I have talked to have been struck that Biden behind closed doors repeatedly says, ‘I feel so much younger than my age.’ He says it so often and with such real sincerity that there’s become this tension where he ends up overextending himself," Thompson explained.
"Aides feel he doesn’t know his own physical limitations and tries to do too much," the reporter continued. "That has this adverse effect where he ends up wearing himself out. Even though he is doing more events, he actually presents as more tired, which is then how you get these poll numbers that show that over 70% of voters have serious concerns about him doing a second term."
Biden's claims that he feels young "can draw eye rolls" from aides who think that the president "doesn't realize how old he can come across," per Axios.
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