Stephen Colbert Retires His ‘Late Show’ Joe Biden Age Jokes — But Promises to Repurpose Them as ‘Donald Trump Old’ Bits

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large A day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, the host behind “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” spent part of his Monday night episode’s opening monologue recounting Biden’s accomplishments in office. “I believe he has been a great president,” Colbert told his audience. “He steered this country out of a horrific pandemic.

He saved countless lives by encouraging people to get vaccinated. He brought the economy back. He rallied our allies, he reasserted America’s place in the world stage, and most inspiring of all, at no time was he Donald Trump.

Inspiring.” Colbert said he was going to miss Biden — and noted that “on this very program right over there on September 10, 2015, I encouraged then-Vice President Biden to run.

He ignored me for five years, and then he did it!” Colbert then announced that he has retired his pair of Biden-style aviator sunglasses, which will now reside on his set’s backdrop, “in a place of honor next to Captain America’s shield.” The host added, “Those aviators did the hardest job of all.