President Joe Biden's age is setting up to weigh on the minds of a lot more Democrats as midterm elections and 2024 draw closer.

Democratic heavyweights like David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's main strategist, are sounding the alarm about what could transpire if Biden, 79, chooses to operate for president once again in 2024. Biden currently faces hefty criticism for gaffes and misstatements numerous attribute to age, and he would be 86 several years old at the close of a second expression.

"The presidency is a monstrously taxing career and the stark actuality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the stop of a second term, and that would be a significant problem," Axelrod informed the New York Periods.

Lined up behind Axelrod are a slew of Democrats grateful for Biden's defeat of former President Donald Trump in 2020, but motivation more youthful leadership in 2024.

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David Axelrod, director, Institute of Politics, the College of Chicago, speaks at the Concordia Once-a-year Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 18, 2017, in New York City. (Paul Morigi/Getty Photographs for Concordia Summit)

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"Democrats require fresh, bold leadership for the 2024 presidential race. That can not be Biden."" Lawyer and Democratic Countrywide Committee member Shelia Huggins explained to NYT.

"I have to have an equivalent of Ron DeSantis, a Democrat, but not a 70- or 80-year-previous — a young individual," Alex Wyshyvanuk, 33, informed NYT. "A person who appreciates what worked for you in 1980 is not going to operate for you in 2022 or 2024."

DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, is 43 many years previous.

Biden's poll figures are not encouraging his circumstance either, with the president's acceptance score continuing to strike new lows.

Some stars in the Democratic Social gathering are currently showing up to split with Biden ahead of the midterms and 2024. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, refused to say she would vote for the president in 2024 on Sunday.

"You know, if the president chooses to operate once more in 2024, I indicate, very first of all, I'm focused on winning this bulk correct now and preserving a bulk this yr in 2022," Ocasio-Cortez informed CNN. "So, we will cross that bridge when we get to it … I assume if the president has a vision and that's anything certainly we're all eager to entertain and take a look at when the time arrives."

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CNN host Dana Bash then interjected, saying "That is not a yes."

"You know, I assume we should endorse when we get to it," Ocasio-Cortez responded. "I believe that that the president has been doing a incredibly good task so far. And, you know, must he operate once more? I consider that I… you know, I feel it can be … we'll get a seem at it."