Joe Biden laughed off President Donald Trump's suggestion Friday that the former vice president is too old to run for the Oval Office. "If he looks young and vibrant compared to me, I should probably go home," Biden, 76, quipped in an appearance on ABC's "The View." "The best way to judge me is to watch, see if I have the energy and capacity. It's a show-me business." Earlier, Trump, 72, said that Biden and other 2020 candidates are "making me look very young, both in terms of age and I think in terms of energy." "Well, I think that — I just feel like a young man. I'm so young. I can't believe it. I'm the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man," the president said. "I look at Joe — I don't know about him. I don't know." Trump added, "I would never say anyone is too old, but I know they're all making me look very young, both in terms of age and I think in terms of energy. I think you people know that better than anybody." Trump also had dubbed the former vice president "Sleepy Joe" within hours of his announcement Thursday that he was joining the 2020 race, and called him someone whose "intelligence" had been "long in doubt." Biden on Friday said, "That's the first time I've ever been referenced that way, it's usually the other end: hyper Joe." The two septuagenarians have sparred before. At a Florida rally in March 2018, Biden spoke out against sexual assault and blasted Trump for his controversial “Access Hollywood” comments about grabbing women’s genitals without their consent. "A guy who ended up becoming our national leader said, 'I can grab a woman anywhere and she likes it,’” Biden said. "If we were in high school, I'd take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him." Trump shot back in a tweet: "Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy...He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don't threaten people Joe!" "I see that you are on the job and presidential, as always," Biden tweeted. Biden also rejected criticism that his apology to Anita Hill, the law professor who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his Supreme Court nomination process, was insufficient. Biden said on "The View" that he believed Hill's allegations and apologized for the "way she was treated" and said “mistakes were made across the board” during Thomas' confirmation in 1991. Biden, who was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, has been criticized for his handling of Hill's allegations and testimony before the all-male panel. But, he added, "I don't think I treated her badly." “I’m not going to judge whether or not it was appropriate — whether she thought it was sufficient,” Biden said of his apology. “I’m grateful she took my call.” Hill, who worked with Thomas at two federal agencies before he was tapped to sit on the High Court, told The New York Times in an interview Thursday that she was “not satisfied” with her conversation with Biden. “I cannot be satisfied by simply saying 'I’m sorry for what happened to you.' I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose,” she told the newspaper. Moments after Biden announced his 2020 presidential run on Thursday, his campaign confirmed that Biden called Hill to express "regret." He also was pressed on the allegations from women who have accused him of unwanted touching. “I’m really sorry if what I did in talking to them, trying to console if they took it another way," he said. Then "The View" co-host Joy Behar pressed Biden on the apology, suggesting he take full responsibility. "I’m sorry I invaded your space. I’m sorry this happened,” Biden responded. “But I'm not sorry in the sense that I did anything that was intentionally designed to do anything wrong or be inappropriate."<doc-sep>President Trump said Friday he would beat Joe Biden “easily” in the 2020 presidential election, suggesting the former vice president could not have enough “energy” to hold the post—taking an apparent swipe at his age. The president, departing the White House, was asked about Biden’s entrance into the Democratic primary field. Biden announced his presidential bid early Thursday morning, marking his third attempt at the White House. JOE BIDEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES 2020 PRESIDENTIAL BID “I think we’d beat him easily,” Trump told reporters Friday. Trump, 72, said he feels “young” and is ready for 2020, and another term for his administration. “I feel like a young man. I am a young, vibrant man,” Trump said. “I look at Joe, I don’t know about him.” The president’s comments seemingly were a shot at the age of Biden, who is 76. BIDEN ENTERS WHITE HOUSE RACE WITHOUT OBAMA'S ENDORSEMENT “I would never say anyone’s too old,” Trump said. “I know they’re all making me look very young both in terms of age and in terms of energy.” Biden became the 20th candidate to join the crowded Democratic primary field Thursday. But Biden is not the oldest in the pack. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is 77 and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is 69. Should Trump be re-elected, he would be 74 on Jan. 20, 2021—Inauguration Day. Should the presidency go to one of the elder Democrats in the field—Biden would be 78; Sanders would be 79; and Warren would be 71. Meanwhile, in a wide-ranging interview on “Hannity” Thursday night, Trump dismissed Biden’s candidacy, nicknaming him “Sleepy Joe,” and saying he’s “not the brightest bulb.” Trump also said that while the former vice president has name recognition, he won’t “be able to do the job.”<doc-sep>Joe Biden Joe BidenAmerican held in Russia contracts COVID-19 after denied vaccine Biden defends waiving sanctions against Nord Stream Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE leads President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE by six points, according to the first poll published after the former vice president officially announced his candidacy Thursday. The April 25-26 Hill-HarrisX survey of 1,000 registered voters found that 43 percent said they would choose Biden while 37 percent said they would pick Trump. Fifteen percent of respondents said they were unsure and 5 percent said they would vote for another candidate. Biden's 6-point lead was outside the poll's 3.1 percent sampling margin of error. The former vice president has been consistently competitive with Trump in public opinion surveys for several months before he officially declared his intention to become the Democratic Party's nominee. In the survey, Trump had his strongest support among older voters. He led the former vice president by a slim 43 to 42 percent margin among voters over the age of 50. Biden did his best among voters who were between 35 and 49. Forty-nine percent of respondents in this age group said they would vote for Biden while only 32 percent said they would pick Trump. Another 15 percent said they were unsure. The former vice president also led Trump among respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 but his lead was much smaller since many more voters in this age group said they did not know which candidate they would pick. Thirty-nine percent of younger respondents said they would back Biden in a general election matchup while 33 percent said they would choose Trump. Nearly one-fourth, 23 percent, said they didn't know how they would vote while 5 percent said they would support another candidate. In a Hill-HarrisX survey conducted earlier this month, Biden was judged by voters of all stripes as having the greatest chance of ousting the GOP from the White House. Seventy-five percent of Democratic registered voters said he had at least "some chance" of beating Trump while 64 percent said the same about the odds of Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate competitiveness bill includes B authorization for Bezos space company Sanders wants government to get 'piece' of US semiconductor companies in exchange for aid Poll: 51 percent oppose Sanders-led resolution to block weapons sales to Israel MORE (I-Vt.). Biden and Sanders were the only two Democratic hopefuls that a majority of party loyalists said had at least some chance of winning. Biden's consistently strong numbers against Trump in hypothetical match-ups don't bode well for the president, Bill Schneider, a professor at George Mason said Friday on "What America's Thinking." "What Joe Biden offers in this campaign is normalcy, something people are desperate for after now three years of Donald Trump," Schneider told host Jamal Simmons. "They want a normal president. They want a president who knows how to do things, who has long experience, and knows how the government works, which Trump does not." The former vice president earned endorsements of several Democratic senators within his first week of campaigning but he was also was attacked by Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee. "Joe Biden stands in near complete opposition to where the center of energy is in the Democratic Party today. Democrats are increasingly uniting around progressive populist policies like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, free college, rejecting corporate money and ending mass incarceration and deportation," Alexandra Rojas, the group's executive director, said in a statement. On Thursday, Politico reported that Trump has been quietly expressing concern about his ability to defeat Biden even as he was publicly deriding the former vice president as "Sleepy Joe" on Twitter. —Matthew Sheffield<doc-sep>
The president considers himself "vibrant" in comparison to rival Joe Biden, who is only four years his senior Donald Trump — the Oldest U.S. In-Term President at 72 — Calls Himself a 'Young, Vibrant Man' While taking yet another shot at newly-announced Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, President Donald Trump said he considers himself a “young, vibrant man.” “Mr. President, how old is too old to be president?” a reporter asked Trump, 72, during a press pool at the White House on Friday. “I just feel like a young man. I’m so young,” the president said. “I can’t believe it. I’m the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man.” Trump then went in on former Vice President Biden, 76, who announced his presidential bid on Thursday, becoming the 20th Democratic nominee for the 2020 race. “I look at Joe — I don’t know about him,” Trump said. “I don’t know.” biden-trump-2.jpg Joe Biden; Donald Trump | Credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty; GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty “I would never say anyone is too old,” Trump continued, after he was asked if Biden is too old. “But I know they’re all making me look very young, both in terms of age and I think in terms of energy. I think you people know that better than anybody,” the president said. Hours before, Biden addressed his age during his sit-down on The View. Biden, who would be 78 on Inauguration Day 2021, said, “I think it’s important for people — it’s a legitimate question to ask about my age. Hopefully, I can demonstrate that… with age comes wisdom and experience that can make things a lot better. That’s for you all to decide, not for me to decide.” This isn’t the first personal attack Trump has made against his latest potential rival in the 2020 race. Mere hours after the longtime Democrat announced his campaign, Trump responded to Biden’s candidacy on Twitter — by questioning Biden’s intelligence. “Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe. I only hope you have the intelligence, long in doubt, to wage a successful primary campaign,” the president tweeted. joe-biden Joe Biden | Credit: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU RELATED VIDEO: Joe Biden Announces He Is Running for President Against Donald Trump After Skipping 2016 Race “It will be nasty – you will be dealing with people who truly have some very sick & demented ideas. But if you make it, I will see you at the Starting Gate!” Trump added. Trump wasn’t the first to issue a personal challenge. In his campaign announcement video, Biden made it clear that he’s running to make sure Trump’s presidency is restricted to four years.