FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984. The age question for presidential candidates is ...

The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if he became impaired, and later with a clever joke that ...

President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger, Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1984. The age question for presidential candidates is more ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.

Reagan’s moment in 1984 came during the second debate at the 33 minute-mark, when The (Baltimore) Sun’s Henry Trewhitt said: “You already are the oldest president in history, and some of ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.

Reagan’s age — really, his fitness for second term — was indelibly part of the 1984 race, a striking parallel to what is happening in 2024. Skip to content. All Sections.