Rubio: Biden has been around ‘a thousand years’

Published February 7, 2016 1:52am ET



Florida Sen. Marco Rubio defended his youth in Saturday’s Republican debate by saying Vice President Joe Biden is a perfect example of why voting for the most experienced person isn’t always a good idea.

“I will say, if politics becomes, or the presidency becomes about electing people who have been in Congress or the Senate the longest, we should all rally around Joe Biden,” Rubio said during the debate hosted in New Hampshire by ABC News.

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