Tyler Pager

White House reporter for the Washington Post

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Biden declares 2024 bid. Is the US a gerontocracy?

If Biden is reelected, he will be 86 years old at the end of his second term. How much does brain health matter? A geriatric psychiatrist weighs in.

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