Plus: a legal historian on the latest Supreme Court opinions | Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman President Biden's lackluster performance during the first presidential debate left many Democratic strategists wondering if he should drop out of the race. But the image of Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, on stage shed light on an ongoing question—whether the candidates should even be in the race at their age. The Founders tried to avoid this exact situation. As Rebecca Brannon explains in Made By History,