OK, is He in bad Health ? Heck John Force is still Racing Funny Car at 69.
DC- like 80% of them.
Sixty-nine is a far cry from eighty-five, my friend. Most eighty-five year olds have lost the capacity to drive, let alone race funny cars.
It takes an immense amount of physical stamina to keep up with the demands of a national office. Most people in their mid sixties would think twice about shouldering that load. Someone in their mid eighties would be off their rocker to try it.
The octogenarians who still haunt our nation's capital have been there for decades. They now have staffs who do the real work, while they occasionally show up for important votes and of course, the cameras.