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Joe Biden: “When I was elected, I wasn't old enough to be sworn in.”

Featuring: Joe Biden, Democrat | Former President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 15:44

You know, it started in 1972. I was the youngest man in American history ever elected to the United States Senate. When I was elected, I wasn't old enough to be sworn in. When I got elected, a second senator was tragically lost. I got a phone call when I was hiring staff in Washington, and the poor person from the volunteer fire company said, you gotta come home. (15:44–15:47)

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Asserts that Joe Biden was not old enough to be sworn in when elected to the Senate.

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