Joe Biden defended his age during the Democratic presidential primary debate by saying he would be younger at the end of his first term than Winston Churchill when he left office as British prime minister.

Churchill, who was prime minister during World War II and died in 1965, left office as prime minister in 1955 when he was 80. Biden, who is turned 77 in November, would be 82 in 2024 and 86 in 2028. If elected, Biden, at 78 years and 51 days old, would be the oldest U.S. president ever to occupy the Oval Office

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