Joe Biden’s Second Basement Campaign

A three-minute video issued at the crack of dawn Tuesday was a strange way to launch President Biden’s re-election bid. Granted, President Obama announced he would run for a second term by video in April 2011, but no one questioned his energy and mental acuity.

Not so for Mr. Biden. Many doubt he can last another term. If he’s re-elected and serves four years, he would be 86—older than all but seven former presidents ever lived, including Jimmy Carter, who is 98 and left office at 56.