--- description: Correction appended, Aug. 4, 2016. President Barack Obama has been joking about his job turning his hair gray for so long, it's hard to remember... title: See President Obama at his First and Last Address image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91e62a0de2f26aeb/698878e3cf40a80804c41731/president-barack-obama-sotu-sate-of-the-union-age-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [politics](/tag/politics/) ## politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How President Obama Has Aged Since His 2009 Address by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:36 PM CUTPublished: Jan 13, 2016 2:50 AM CUT  President Barack Obama in his 2009 address to a joint session of congress, left, and in the 2016 State of the Union address, right. President Barack Obama in his 2009 address to a joint session of congress, left, and in the 2016 State of the Union address, right.Chuck Kennedy—MCT/Getty Images (L), Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images (R) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:36 PM CUTPublished: Jan 13, 2016 2:50 AM CUT **Correction appended,** **Aug. 4, 2016**. [President Barack Obama](http://motto.time.com/4199637/barack-obama-daughters/ "undefined") has been joking about his job turning his hair gray for so long, it’s hard to remember what he looked like when he took office in 2009. Back then, despite a grueling two year campaign and a collapsing economy, he was still a fresh faced pol from Illinois, promising the country hope. Born on Aug. 4, 1961, the President was 47 years old in 2009\. He is 53 years old today. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated President Obama’s birthday. It is Aug. 4, 1961. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4178368/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-age-sotu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4178368/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-age-sotu/"},"headline":"See How President Obama Has Aged Since His 2009 Address","datePublished":"2016-01-13T02:50:25.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T20:36:42.000Z","description":"Correction appended, Aug. 4, 2016. President Barack Obama has been joking about his job turning his hair gray for so long, it's hard to remember...","url":"https://time.com/4178368/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-age-sotu/","keywords":["politics","Barack Obama","state of the union","Washington","photography","President Obama","Age","SOTU"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91e62a0de2f26aeb/698878e3cf40a80804c41731/president-barack-obama-sotu-sate-of-the-union-age-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91e62a0de2f26aeb/698878e3cf40a80804c41731/president-barack-obama-sotu-sate-of-the-union-age-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"president-barack-obama-sotu-sate-of-the-union-age-facebook","caption":"President Barack Obama in his 2009 address to a joint session of congress, left, and in the 2016 State of the Union address, right.","creditText":"Chuck Kennedy—MCT/Getty Images (L), Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images (R)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4178368/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-age-sotu/","name":"See How President Obama Has Aged Since His 2009 Address"}}]}] ```