Joe Biden turns 82 as Democrats begin search for younger party leaders

Joe Biden marked his 82nd birthday on Wednesday as Democrats began searching for a younger generation of party leaders following Kamala Harris’s morale-sapping defeat in this month’s presidential election.

Any birthday celebrations planned by the US president will probably be muted as he returned to Washington from the G20 summit in Brazil a seemingly diminished figure, awaiting the return to power of Donald Trump, who is expected to dismantle many of his achievements in the past four years.

The Bidens also seemed unlikely to be joined by many of the president’s fellow Democrats, who were reportedly too engaged in seeking replacements for the octogenarian leadership represented by him and 84-year-old Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who was recently re-elected to a 20th term as a member of Congress and continues to wield much influence.

Pelosi was instrumental in pressing Biden to stand aside as the Democrats’ presidential nominee in July amid concerns about his advanced age and mental acuity following a disastrous debate performance against Trump the previous month.

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