On July 9, 2022, The New York Times featured insights from AFAR Board Member S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, on the minimal impact age has on President Biden’s effectiveness to lead in office as the oldest United States President to date.
Dr. Olshansky is an AFAR board member and 2016 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction recipient. He is currently a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Chief Scientist at Lapetus Solutions, Inc.
Read the article, “At 79, Biden is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency,” here.
For further insights, read the AFAR white paper, authored by Dr. Olshansky, in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election, “Longevity and Health of U.S. Presidential Candidates for the 2020 Election," here.
