Woodrow Wilson and Joe Biden both had/have condescending attitudes towards racial minorities in the United States, and both had/have unlimited faith in the power of the State/Government to cure virtually all the ills of human society.

But Wilson had an extremely formidable mind in his prime, and was still able to keep up with the herd even to the very end. And he served as President for about 6-1/2 years before the decline set in.

Joe Biden was a garden-variety political hack in his prime, and took the oath of office to become President, at age 78, when his prime was in the distant past.