He's a young guy, not an old guy, and to Buttigieg, that's the point. Buttigieg, who was born in 1982, would be the first millennial presidential candidate, if you go by the Pew definition. He's up against Bernie Sanders, who like potential candidate Joe Biden comes from the Silent Generation, born before the end of World War II. Along with the baby boomers and Gen Xers in between, it's a four-generation spread unseen in modern presidential politics. But this is the first full year of millennials to reach the constitutionally mandated age of 35 to take the office of president.

Source: CNN March 23, 2019 13:07 UTC