Too old to work? Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside

NEW YORK — A swath of Americans watching President Joe Biden is seeing something beyond debate-stage stumbles and prime-time miscues: Themselves. “But you’ve got to keep working, no matter what.” D’yan Forest, 89, who holds the Guinness World Record for Oldest Working Female Comedian, poses in her apartment, Thursday, July 19, 2024, in New York. “What’s happening now,” the 91-year-old attorney says, “is giving older age such a bad rap.” Harriet Newman Cohen, 91, whose long list of famous clients includes Andrew Cuomo and Tom Brady, poses in her law office in Times Square, New York City, Thursday, July 18, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Cohen says she hasn’t slowed at all and finds old age has brought her “more acuity, more keenness, more energy.” Even as she bristles at the idea of anyone suggesting she retire from the work she loves, she believes the time has come for Biden to step aside. “But the president has not been so lucky.” Though many younger people can’t imagine working longer than they have to, older workers often say they can’t imagine themselves not remaining on the job.