President Joe Biden, age 81, ended his 2024 reelection bid as concern for hi s vitality mounted within the Democratic Party. The issue of aging lawmakers in the U.S. extends well beyond the presidency. At the start of the 118th Congress, the average age in the Senate and the House of Representatives was 64 and 57, respectively, according to researchers at FiscalNote. “The age of our politicians is kind of baked into the preferences of our voters,” said Christian Fong, an assistant professor of p