As a 76-year-old let me say: Joe Biden is too old to run again | Robert Reich

I'm sure the president is experiencing some diminution in the memory department. I know I am

At 79, Joe Biden is the oldest president in American history. Concerns about his age top the list for why Democratic voters want the party to find an alternative for 2024.

I don't think this reflects an ageist" prejudice against those who have reached such withering heights so much as an understanding that people in their late 70s and 80s wither.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com