But this is actually a weird bit of trivia. When he was. When he was elected, he was actually 29. The constitutional minimum is 30. But he took office. He had the birthday. He turned 30 before he was sworn in. So he was eligible by the time he was sworn in. But on election Day he was not old enough to be a senator. That's there. And he never left. And by the way, that was 1972. (15:30–15:35)
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Asserts that Joe Biden turned 30 before being sworn into the Senate, making him eligible.
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