Republican Ronald Reagan, then seeking to become the oldest president to win reelection, used humor to address questions about his advanced age at a 1984 debate against Democrat Walter Mondale. When a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 21, 1984. The second presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale was held in Kansas City at the Municipal Auditorium. The debate is remembered for ...

Reagan's age — really, his fitness for a second term — was now indelibly part of the 1984 race, a striking parallel to what is happening in 2024 in the aftermath of Biden's shaky debate performance.

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 reset ...