Adam Schiff, a Jewish Democrat, in the senate race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein, another Jewish Democrat, who died while in office last year after serving in the role for more than 30 years.

A spokesperson for the former Senate leader said he was fine and the "lingering effects of polio" won't disrupt his work.

The past three presidential inaugurations have set a dubious record: Each saw the oldest man in history sworn into America’s ...