Stephen Colbert says he’s repurposing his age jokes about Biden for Trump

Stephen Colbert has decided that it’s time to stop telling his jokes about Joe Biden’s age now that he’s dropped out of the 2024 race – but that he will simply repurpose them for use on Donald Trump.

“I am officially retiring all of my ‘Joe Biden is old’ jokes,” Colbert declared on his late-night show on Monday.

“They were starting to get tired anyway. Just like Joe Biden. That was the last one, I swear!”

He continued: “Now, I’m going to unretire them to use them on Donald Trump.”

With that, Colbert took his“Joe Biden Old” labeled binder and flipped it to reveal a new label: “Donald Trump Old.”

The 81-year-old president’s exit from the 2024 race on Sunday has now left Trump, aged 78,the oldest presidential nominee in history.

If Trump wins the election in November, he will be 82 when he leaves the White House in four years’ time – the same age that Biden will be when he leaves office in January.

Jokes about Biden’s age were not the only thing that Colbert said he was retiring; the comedian also waved goodbye to his Biden-esque aviator sunglasses, which he would often wear while parodying the president.

“Those aviators did the hardest job of all. They made it seem like I had a Joe Biden impression,” Colbert said, adding that the sunglasses would now be relegated to “a place of honor next to Captain America’s shield.”

With Biden retiring from his campaign to try and win a second term in the White House, The Late Show host paid tribute to his time in office.

“I believe he has been a great president,” Colbert said. “He steered this country out of a horrific pandemic. He saved countless lives by encouraging people to get vaccinated. He brought the economy back. He rallied our allies, he reasserted America’s place on the