Joe Biden is likely to die in office if re-elected, says Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

Nikki Haley told Fox News that «the thought of him [Joe Biden] living to 86 is not something what I think most likely' Photo: Getty Images North America

Joe Biden is likely to die in office if re-elected, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said.

51-year-old former South Carolina governor and former Donald Trump's ambassador to the UN highlighted Mr. Biden's age, which is under scrutiny.

“I think we can all be very clear and essentially say that if you vote for Joe Biden, you really count on President Harris, because the idea that he will live to 86 seems unlikely to me,” Ms. Haley told Fox News.

The last president to die in office of natural causes was Franklin Roosevelt in 1945.

When she applied for election to the White House, Ms. Ms. Hailey called on all candidates over 75 years of age to take a cognitive test, which will be applied to both Mr. Biden, 80, and Donald Trump, 76.

Biden's age and penchant for verbal gaffes is emerging as one of the key points of Republican attack.

Speculation that Mr. Biden's memory is fading was renewed earlier this week when the president appeared to have forgotten the country that he last visited, just a few weeks after his return from Ireland.

Republicans traded meat and booze .

“Today, Biden forgot what was the last foreign country he visited as president. It was Ireland. The week before last,» Republican Congressman Darrell Issa tweeted. «And he wants four more years?»

And on Thursday in New Hampshire, Mr. Trump mocked Mr. Biden's decision to announce he was running for president in a pre-produced video instead of to personally deliver a message to supporters.

In February, a White House doctor said Mr. Biden was «fit for service» after treatment.

The summary released by the White House does not mention whether any cognitive tests, which are sometimes prescribed for elderly patients, were carried out.

The president's job, approval ratings hit a new low

Mr. Biden's bid for re-election was rejected by the latest Gallup poll , showing that his job approval rating was the lowest of his presidency, falling to 37 percent.

The figure represents a five-point drop since February and the quarterly average of 39.7% was the worst since since he took office.

Only Ronald Reagan recorded the worst quarterly approval rating for the ninth quarter of his presidency, reaching 38.8% during the 1981-1982 recession. when unemployment reached 10 percent.

At the same stage of his presidency, Trump's approval rating was 41.6 percent.

There is growing evidence that Democrats are privately troubled by a series of verbal gaffes and wonder if he should run.

An Associated Press poll in mid-April found his age a key factor among the party's own interests. voters.

Biden, however, dismissed those concerns at a press conference in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday.

Joe Biden said: «I feel good.» during a press conference in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday. Photo: Shutterstock

The president said his age doesn't matter to him, although he understands voters' concerns.

“I respect their taking a hard look at this. I took a good look at it too — I took a good look at it before I decided to run,” Biden said.

“I feel good. And I'm excited about the prospects, and I think we're on the verge of really turning the tide, which we haven't done in a long time.»

Biden's own party preoccupations

But Biden's enthusiasm for a re-run is not shared by his party's voters: according to an NBC poll, 51% of Democrats are urging the party to find another candidate.

And more than half of those polled said the president's age was a key factor.

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A CBS/YouGov poll found that 54% of Democratic-leaning voters «agreed» that Biden was running again, while 27% said the idea unnerved them.< /p>

Tem however, Mr. Trump was also unenthusiastic: 64% of voters said they did not want him to seek a return to the Oval Office.

«Nearly two in three Americans, including more than one fourth Republican, don't want Trump to be president again,» pollsters wrote along with a survey of nearly 1,300 adults.

But that didn't seem to dent Mr. Trump's confidence.

The former president, who has an overwhelming lead over other GOP candidates, suggests he may not bother to face his rivals on televised debates.