WASHINGTON, Mar 6 US First Lady Jill Biden said her husband — President Joe Biden — will not take an intelligence test, and called the very idea of u200bu200bintroducing such a test for older applicants for the highest office «ridiculous»
The initiative belongs to the former governor of South Carolina and former US representative to the UN Nikki Haley, who, announcing her intention to participate in the presidential election in 2024, proposed that all candidates over 75 years of age be required to have their sanity tested.
«Ridiculous … We will not even discuss this,» — said the wife of 80-year-old Biden in an interview with CNN.
The President constantly makes it clear that he is going to run for a second term, but will not rush to make an official announcement.
Jill Biden rejected the main argument of the opponents of re-election — the age of the president, who is already 80, will be 82 by the day of a potential inauguration and 86 by the end of a possible second term.
«»How many 30-year-olds can go to Poland, take a train, travel another nine hours, arrive in Ukraine and meet President (Vladimir) Zelensky?» she asked, referring to Biden's February trip to Kyiv.
«Look at this man. Look at what he's doing. Look at what he keeps doing every day,» the wife added in excerpts from interviews that were shown earlier.