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Age issue resurfaces as election trouble spot for Biden

Voter concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity have long been his biggest liability.

And a day that technically brought him good news on the legal front – a special counsel’s decision not to file criminal charges over President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents from his days as vice president – may have compounded that political challenge.

In a hastily scheduled appearance as someone who would come off in court as “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

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