Bill Maher Suggests Biden Should Embrace Old Age: “Let Your Old Fart Flag Fly”

Bill Maher has an idea for Joe Biden as he prepares for his State of the Union Address, to embrace his old age rather than arguing that he’s “sharper than ever.”

During his “New Rule” segment on last night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the HBO host urged the 81-year-old, whom many feel is too old to run, to “lean into” his age and “let his old fart flag fly.”

“If Democrats want to win the next presidential election, they need to find a way to make the Biden age issue work for them,” said Maher. “Because you know what’s really getting old about Joe Biden? Complaining about his age.”

He added: “Instead of trying to refute all the ‘too old to be president’ slams, Joe must embrace them. Stop with the ‘I’m sharper than ever.’ Nobody’s buying that. Don’t try to deny the age thing, lean into it.

“And just admit it! Say, ‘Yes, I’m bad with names and I walk like a toddler with full diaper, but I believe in democracy.'”

Maher noted how Democratic candidates have become increasingly defensive about their flaws and American voters can see right through that.

“Be yourself! And Joe, yourself is old,” said Maher. “You’re so old you once fell down the stairs at the Underground Railroad. You’re so you’re so old, your bad kid with a drug problem is 54.”

He then pointed to former GOP presidential candidate, the late John McCain, as an example of how a candidate should campaign.

“I’m older than dirt, I have more scars than Frankenstein, but I’ve learned a few things along the way,” said the then-71-year-old McCain during a debate in a clip that Maher shared.

Maher added: “No one cares if you can ride a bike and trying to do stuff like that is only setting yourself up for failure,” referencing a photo of Biden falling off his bike.

“You recently joined TikTok to win over the kids, get off that s*** right now! It’s inauthentic, and it won’t work!” he exclaimed.

“You’re not following the demographics. In 2020, a record number of eligible voters under 24 came out – as gay! But came out to vote? Not so much. Less than half,” Maher noted. “But almost 72 percent of people over 65 voted. Those are your people, Joe. That ‘Matlock’ crowd. Reach out to them… Take all your ads of Twitter and put them on CBS. Tell America I feel your joint pain.”

“When the president delivers the State of the Union, I say he should old fart flag fly,” declared Maher before pretending to be Biden with a walker at the SOTU.

This is not the first time Maher has commented on Biden’s age. Just last month, Maher joked that he wouldn’t choose the president as his Squid Game partner.

You can watch the “New Rule” segment above and catch new episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on HBO. All episodes are currently streaming on Max.