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A Hollywood movie mogul and campaign adviser to Joe Biden is telling the president to embrace his age like Harrison Ford and Mick Jagger

Jun 25, 2023, 22:35 IST
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Jeffrey Katzenberg arrives to the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute in Hollywood, California.Michael Tran/FilmMagic
  • A Hollywood big shot is helping Joe Biden pitch his age to wary voters in the 2024 election.
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg wants Biden to tout his age like Harrison Ford or Mick Jagger, per The Wall Street Journal.
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President Joe Biden tapped a Hollywood movie mogul to help him pitch his age to voters in the 2024 presidential election.

In this role, Jeffrey Katzenberg — the co-founder of DreamWorks SKG and a national co-chair on Biden's campaign — is encouraging the president to proudly tout his age as experience, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Katzenberg has told Biden to embrace his age like 80-year-old Harrison Ford, who is reprising his role in the "Indiana Jones" franchise, or Mick Jagger, who was still performing on tour last year at 79.

"He is determined, and the thing about Jeffrey is there's just no version that he takes no for an answer," actor George Clooney told the Journal about Katzenberg, who is a longtime supporter of Democrats. "Jeffrey, he's a dog with a bone, and he doesn't let go."

Aside from helping Biden convince hesitant younger voters that his age isn't an issue, Katzenberg is also expected to use his industry contacts to raise some $2 billion in campaign funds, the Journal reported.

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"Everybody keeps coming into Hollywood for cash, and they don't come to us for the one thing we do better than anybody, which is tell stories," Clooney told the outlet. "And so I think it's probably a very good idea that they're going to Jeffrey not just for raising money, but for narratives."

While Katzenberg and Biden grew closer when the latter was serving as vice president, they've known each other since the 1980s, the Journal reported. Katzenberg has also said he doesn't want to serve in an appointed position or an ambassadorship, the outlet reported.

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist who has known Katzenberg for years, told the outlet that the movie mogul is in this fight for the cause, not himself.

"I've never, ever had the sense that Jeffrey does this for what the business people call ROI," Begala told the Journal. "He's very much committed to Biden, for Biden, and I think he may be one of the few people who can talk to him as a near peer."

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