Will we ever have a president born in the 1950's?

[Mr. Morden]

Ben Carson
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Rick Perry
Mark Everson
Lindsey Graham
Carly Fiorina
Jeb Bush

Lincoln Chafee

... Were all born in the 1950's.

Kasich was also born in the 50s, and is more likely to be elected president that everyone on that list except Bush.

Several possible 2020 presidential candidates were born in the 50s: Susana Martinez, Mike Pence, and Rick Snyder if Clinton wins in 2016…or John Hickenlooper, Jay Nixon, and Deval Patrick, in the event that the Republican nominee wins in 2016.

You could also have a vice president born in the 50s take over in case something happens to the president.  E.g., both Kaine and Warner were born in the 50s.

So there's still time.  Someone born in 1959 will only be 61 years old at the time of the 2020 election, so it's not too late.

[Mr. Morden]

*bump*

Both Kaine and Pence were born in the 50s, so I guess the chances of this happening slightly increased in the past 8 days.

[Mr. Morden]

We also went from a 20's born president to an Old 10's in 1980...so yeah, backwards is nothing new either.

True.  However, Obama to Clinton (or Trump) would I think be the biggest step backwards in date of birth that the presidency has ever taken, with the previous record being Carter to Reagan.

[Mr. Morden]

It now looks like Pence is the leading possibility for "president born in the 50s", if we ever have one.  Though there are a handful of possibilities on the Democratic side for 2020: Sherrod Brown, Andrew Cuomo, John Hickenlooper, Deval Patrick....

But there seem to be more 2020 Dems born in either the 40s or 60s. 

[Mr. Morden]

The only one with a decent shot at this is Mike Pence, unfortunately. If a Democrat succeeds Trump, they will almost certainly be younger, and I don't see a non-Pence Republican succeeding Trump.

If Sherrod Brown were to actually run in 2020, he'd have a decent shot at both the nomination and the presidency.  Though, yeah, at least so far he hasn't indicated any interest.