Jim Clyburn is 86 years old.
Posted by Behind the Bastards, Checked
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Jim Clyburn (the 'Cliburn' in the post is a misspelling of the same person) was 86 on 2026-10-03. He was born July 21, 1940, and turned 86 that July, as reported by Vox, the Illinois public media transcript, and Dartmouth in September; he remains 86 as of the later Britannica and Referandom snapshots.
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What was said
… By you can't fault them, I, of course, mean you should be faulting them. They shouldn't be in office. They should they should they're too old. The former chair and current influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus, 86-year-old Jim Cliburn, recently told Fox that he only learned what ChatGPT was earlier this summer. Like, I think I'm too old to be an elected leader now, because when people bring up, like, Tick tocker influencers, I just black out and find myself holding a gun these days. …
Behind the Bastards · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NBC and the Vox interview (published July 25, 2026) describe Clyburn's 86th birthday on July 21, 2026, which puts his age at 86 by the posting date.[2][3]
Supports. The Illinois Public Media transcript (July 29, 2026) describes Clyburn as 86 years old, and the Dartmouth article (September 22, 2026) says he is 86.[1][4]
Supports. Britannica and Wikipedia give his birth date as July 21, 1940, which is consistent with an age of 86 in October 2026.[5][6]
Context. The March 2026 CBS and Washington Post reports describe him as 85 before his birthday, so those figures are outdated for the October claim rather than contradictory.[7][8]
Context. The extracted claim departs from the passage only in spelling the name correctly; the post's '86-year-old' describes the same person, so the claim is graded normally.
Sources
8 sources: 1 primary, 4 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Jim Clyburn talks about priorities if Democrats flip Congress ...will.illinois.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Rep. Jim Clyburn, 85, is running for an 18th term in Congressnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Rep. Jim Clyburn explains why he won't retire - Voxvox.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Hofmann-Carr: Jim Clyburn Picks the Presidentthedartmouth.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Jim Clyburn | Civil Rights Leader, South Carolina ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Jim Clyburn - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Rep. Jim Clyburn, 85-year-old South Carolina Democrat, running for ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 8Rep. Clyburn, 85, to seek reelection amid Democrats’ generational debatewashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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