Hi, my name is Julian and I'm in Ford Liberty North Carolina and I just finished my last day on active duty in the United States Army.

This podcast was recorded at 1.12 p.m. on Tuesday, August 8th, 2023.

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Hey there, it's the Empire Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.

I'm Kelsey Snally, cover politics.

And I'm Dominica Munson, our senior political editor and correspondent.

And today we are talking about age.

President Biden is the oldest president in US history at 80 years old.

Donald Trump is 77.

The median age of a US senator is 65 years old.

And there are four senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who are over 80.

For a member of the US House, the median age, the little younger at 58 years old.

But the typical age of an American is under 40 years old.

So Kelsey, what's going on here?

Is this a new thing that our government is much older than the average population?

Well, it's not really a new thing.

The new thing here really is that people are living longer.

And people are staying in office until their late 80s.

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