If elected, Joe Biden will be one year older on Inauguration Day than Ronald Reagan was on his final day in the White House. After a career marked with political faux pas, two failed presidential campaigns, and countless gaffes, Biden has achieved what could be the apex of any career politician’s public life. Between his grace in the aftermath of the death of his son and earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, Biden ascended to a level of American politics reserved for just a handful of politicians per decade.

And now he’s electing to enter what may be the most ruthless primary in presidential history.