Biden skewers Trump’s ‘old ideas’ as he defends own age in surprise appearance on Seth Meyers show

President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday and was faced with questions about his age, Gaza, all the way to the Taylor Swift conspiracy theory.

Seth Meyers donned a suit and tie as he welcomed the president, who was also a guest on the first-ever episode of the show, along with Amy Poehler, who also came back and introduced Mr Biden.

Meyers put forward a question to the 81-year-old president about his age, asking him how he can address many voter concerns over his seniority.

“Take a look at the other guy, he’s about as old as I am," said Mr Biden, who is less than four years older than 77-year-old Donald Trump.

«It’s about how old your ideas are. Look, I mean, this is a guy who wants to take us back,» Mr Biden continued. “He wants to take us back on Roe v Wade. He wants to take us back on a whole range of issues that are – 50, 60 years, they’ve been solid American positions.”

Mr Biden may have appeared on the show, perhaps in a bid to appeal to younger voters, as this appearance not long comes after joining TikTok, an app predominantly associated with younger people, where his team has also been posting various internet trends and memes related to the president.

One in particular – the “Dark Brandon” meme – was bought up on the show, and Meyers asked Mr Biden if he liked it.

“No, I resent the hell out of it,” Mr Biden joked before proceeding to put on sunglasses.

Joe Biden spoke about Gaza during his appearance on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

Aside from scrutinising Mr Trump’s ideas, Mr Biden also made a jab at him because “he can’t remember his wife’s name”.

While Mr Trump has been caught out for spelling his wife’s name wrong as ‘Melanie’ in the past, Mr Biden could