After two high-profile presidential runs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) all but ruled out another try in 2028.Speaking with Robert Costa at the National Press Club, the interviewer relayed that several of Sanders’s allies had broached the prospect of the Vermont senator giving the presidency another shot in the next election cycle. Sanders, 84, began with a comedic response, riffing on his age.“Because they want youthful vigor in the White House! That’s what they want. We’re tired of these 30- and 40-year-old people,” Sanders said to laughter from the audience. “What we really need are 80-year-olds running the country.
“But I suspect that’s not going to happen,” he said.
When pressed on the reasoning, Sanders pointed to his age.
“I know I look like I’m 30; I am not. And that’s that,” he said, trailing off.
Sanders will be 87 at the time of the 2028 elections and, if elected, would be the oldest U.S. president by a significant margin.
