[mommyq]

I’ve never seen hoary used in that manner. Did the author mean “whorey?”

McCain is a hoary old man.

Maybe the author needs homonym help.

[Mycroft Holmes]

hoar·y
ˈhôrē
adjective 1. grayish white.
"hoary cobwebs"
synonyms: grayish-white, gray, white, snowy, silver, silvery; More (of a person) having gray or white hair; aged. "a hoary old fellow with a face of white stubble" synonyms: gray-haired, white-haired, silver-haired, grizzled; More antonyms: young used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g., hoary bat, hoary cress.
2.
old and trite.
"that hoary American notion that bigger is better"

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

You have to admit he is also whorey.