Huckabee is just trying to get the next largest heap of delegates as insurance should the ancient Senator succumb to one of his various diseases.
enjoy [campaigning] very much. But [my dad] keeps a schedule – I mean I’m 21 and go to the Naval Academy and he outruns me with no problem,” said Jack.
When asked about his dad’s age, 71, and whether or not it should be an issue with voters, Jack was quick to point out the tremendous health of not his dad, but his grandmother.
“His mother is what, 96? She is very sharp. She travels the world. So as far as genes go, you don’t have to worry about that for at least another 15 or 20 years.”
In further defense of his dad’s health, Jack enjoys telling the story about how he and his dad hiked the Grand Canyon last summer.
“He hiked 30 miles…9 down, 15 across and 6 up in two days. We started out on the North Rim [of the Grand Canyon] and made it to the South Rim. If age is ever an issue [just think of] 30 miles, two days, in 115 degree heat…and carrying a back-pack as well. And my dad doesn’t have any cartilage in his knees.”
One of the most memorable parts of the excursion, especially for a political science major, was being able to listen to his dad talk about “any period in history.”
“…If you start in China and head all the way to the United States, he knows about it. We probably had a four-hour conversation about the Ottoman Turks.”