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A Pew Research Center study found that while the age gap between US presidents and vice presidents has varied significantly over the years, most have been relatively close in age.
This gallery takes a closer look at these age differences throughout US political history, highlighting both minimal and more notable divides. From partnerships with just a few years' difference to those spanning decades, click on for a fascinating glimpse into the age differences in the US's White House duos.
George Washington, born in 1732, was 57 years old in 1789 when John Adams, born in 1735, became vice president. The age gap between them was just three years.
Thomas Jefferson, born in 1743, was 57 years old in 1801 when Aaron Burr, born in 1756, became VP. The age gap between them was 13 years.
George Clinton became vice president under Thomas Jefferson in 1805. He was born in 1739, making the gap only four years.
James Madison, born in 1751, was 57 years old in 1809 when George Clinton served again as VP. The age gap between them was 12 years.
James Madison, at 64, was 20 years older than Elbridge Gerry, born in 1744, when Gerry became Vice President in 1813. This 20-year age gap was a record at the time.
James Monroe, born in 1758, was 58 when Daniel D. Tompkins, born in 1774, took office as vice president in 1817. The age gap? A cool 16 years!
John Quincy Adams, born in 1767, was 57 when John C. Calhoun, born in 1782, became his vice president in 1825. The age gap between them was 15 years.
Here's another 15-year age gap! President Andrew Jackson, born in 1767, was 61 when John C. Calhoun took office again as VP in 1829.
A tiny two-year age gap! Martin Van Buren, born in 1782, was 57 when Richard Mentor Johnson, born in 1780, became Vice President in 1837.
A 17-year age gap! William Henry Harrison, born in 1773, was 68 when John Tyler, born in 1790, became VP in 1841.
Just a three-year gap! James K. Polk, born in 1795, was 49 when George M. Dallas, born in 1792, took office as vice president in 1845.
Zachary Taylor, born in 1784, was 64 when Millard Fillmore, born in 1800, became vice president in 1849, making it a 16-year age gap between the two.
Franklin Pierce, born in 1804, was 48 when William R. King, born in 1786, became VP in 1853, resulting in an 18-year age gap between them.
James Buchanan, born in 1791, was 65 when the much younger John C. Breckinridge, born in 1821, took office as Vice President in 1857. Talk about different generations—there was a 30-year age gap between them!
Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809, was 52 when Hannibal Hamlin, also born in 1809, became vice president in 1861. What a perfectly matched pair.
At the beginning of Lincoln's second term, at 56, he was just a year older than his vice president, Andrew Johnson, who was 55.
In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant, 46, teamed up with his nearly identical VP, Schuyler Colfax, who was just one year younger.
In 1873, Ulysses S. Grant, at 49, welcomed Henry Wilson as vice president, a full 10 years his senior.
In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes, at 54, teamed up with three years older William A. Wheeler as Vice President.
In 1881, James A. Garfield, 49, teamed up with Chester A. Arthur, just two years his senior.
In 1885, 47-year-old Grover Cleveland joined forces with Thomas A. Hendricks, who was 18 years his senior.
In 1889, 55-year-old Benjamin Harrison teamed up with his Vice President, Levi P. Morton, who was nine years his senior.
When Grover Cleveland made his triumphant return to the White House in 1893, he was 56. Adlai Stevenson I, just two years his senior, joined him as VP.
When William McKinley took office in 1897 at age 54, his VP, Garret A. Hobart, was just a year younger.
Theodore Roosevelt, at just 42, welcomed Charles W. Fairbanks, six years his senior, as vice president when they took office together in 1905.
When William Howard Taft, 51, stepped into the White House in 1909, his vice president, James S. Sherman, was just two years older.
Woodrow Wilson was 56 when he entered the White House in 1913, joined by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, just two years his senior.
Warren G. Harding took office in 1921 at 55 with Calvin Coolidge, just seven years his junior, stepping in as vice president.
Herbert Hoover, 54, stepped into the Oval Office in 1929, with Charles Curtis, a seasoned 69, by his side as vice president.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at 51, took office with 65-year-old John Nance Garner as his vice president. The two had a 14-year age gap between them.
At 60, Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomed 53-year-old Henry A. Wallace as vice president for his third term in 1941. There was a six-year age gap between them.
In 1945, FDR welcomed Harry S. Truman as his third Vice President, with just a two-year age difference between them.
When Harry S. Truman became president in 1945, after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he was 60 years old. His vice president, Alben W. Barkley, was 68.
When Dwight D. Eisenhower, at 62, took the White House in 1953, he welcomed Richard Nixon as his vice president. With a 23-year age gap, they made quite a pair.
When John F. Kennedy, at just 43, took the presidency in 1961, he was joined by the seasoned Lyndon B. Johnson, who was nine years older.
After JFK's assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson, at 56, stepped into the Oval Office and welcomed 53-year-old Hubert H. Humphrey as his vice president.
In 1969, Richard Nixon, at 56, returned to the White House as president and brought Spiro T. Agnew, five years his junior, along as vice president.
Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, both born in 1913, were the same age, 60, when they teamed up in the White House in 1973.
After Richard Nixon's resignation, Gerald Ford became President at 61 and appointed 66-year-old Nelson Rockefeller, born in 1908, as VP in 1974. The age gap was five years.
In 1977 when Jimmy Carter, born in 1924, took office at 52, he welcomed Walter Mondale, born in 1928, as vice president.
Ronald Reagan, born in 1911, was 69 when he became president in 1981. He was joined by George H. W. Bush, born in 1924, as vice president, making it an age gap of 13 years.
In 1989, 64-year-old George H. W. Bush took office with 42-year-old Dan Quayle, creating one of the biggest age gaps in the Oval Office: 22 years.
In 1993, Bill Clinton, born in 1946, was 46 when Al Gore, born in 1948, became vice president, making for a youthful duo with just a two-year age gap.
With a five-year age difference, George W. Bush, born in 1946, was 54 when Dick Cheney, born in 1941, became his vice president in 2001.
When Barack Obama, born in 1961, took office at 47, he was joined by 66-year-old Joe Biden in 2009, creating a 19-year age gap!
Donald Trump, born in 1946, was 70 when Mike Pence, born in 1959, became VP in 2017, creating a 13-year age gap between them.
In 2021, at 78, Joe Biden became the oldest president in US history, with Kamala Harris, born in 1964, stepping in as vice president. The age gap between them is 22 years.
The age gap between Donald Trump, born in 1946, and JD Vance, born in 1984, is a record-breaking 38 years, the largest in US history between a president and vice president. Vance is 40 and Trump is 78.
Sources: (Pew Research Center)
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A Pew Research Center study found that while the age gap between US presidents and vice presidents has varied significantly over the years, most have been relatively close in age.
This gallery takes a closer look at these age differences throughout US political history, highlighting both minimal and more notable divides. From partnerships with just a few years' difference to those spanning decades, click on for a fascinating glimpse into the age differences in the US's White House duos.