Biden looks to deliver in first big press conference despite showing his age

President Joe Biden’s first solo press conference since taking office will ensure that the public takes a close look at the 78-year-old chief executive, who has faced questions about his age and availability to the media dating back to the campaign.

Republicans dinged “Hidin’ Biden” and “Basement Biden” all last year for a relatively light public schedule and periodic refusal to take questions from the press after speaking, often implying that he was hiding physical or mental infirmities, the product of age-related decline, from the electorate’s view.