Late-night comedians love to joke about Congress as a retirement home. Last week, it looked like no joke.

Two elderly Democratic House members — 71-year-old Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.) and 80-year-old Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) — made TV news after they were caught on camera dozing off during a long hearing. For the record, 44-year-old Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah,) also nodded off.

Such talk about the age of politicians is being boosted by President Trump’s plan for a brassy celebration of his upcoming 79th birthday. He is coordinating his party with a huge military parade in the nation’s capital. Trump is now older than former President Biden was at this point in his presidency.

Meanwhile, the 82-year-old Biden’s age is currently at the forefront of charges that his staff downplayed his failing mental acuity during the 2024 campaign, allowing Trump to win a second term. And just yesterday the former president revealed that he is suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

A new book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” reports that White House aides put more effort into hiding Biden’s age than into stopping Trump from returning to power with a far-right agenda.

Attention to the age of Washington’s top power players is also at the center of a push by 25-year-old David Hogg, the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. He is calling for younger, more energetic........

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