‘Corpse is already rotting’: 2020 Democratic rivals attack Joe Biden on age

Published September 11, 2019 6:57pm ET



After months of holding off, Democratic presidential rivals are now taking jabs at what many campaign operatives view as front-runner Joe Biden’s biggest vulnerability: his age.

A prominent South Carolina Democrat who is a supporter of California Sen. Kamala Harris has been the most direct in attacking the 76-year-old former vice president, who was first elected to public office in 1970. “Joe Biden has been running for president since before I was born,” former state senator Bakari Sellers said this week.

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