the answer to the questions. biden is spry and energetic but he is from another generation. born a year yeah before d-day. if elected he would be older on inauguration on the next oldest president, ronald reagan was, when he left office. he is old enough to be a.o.c.'s great grandfather. so when they throw out an ideological litmus test, joe biden doesn't argue. he just agrees. the latest test is about abortion. since 1976 the law called the hyde amendment prohibited the federal government paying for abortion. for more than 40 years the law supported strong popular support. overwhelming majority support. including from joe biden. even people who call themselves pro-choice understand it's wrong to use taxpayers' dollars to fund something like abortion. but a small group of progressive activists disagree. and they know the core