Joe Biden seemed “confused” during the Democratic debate tonight, according to a former top Obama advisor.

Providing analysis on CNN, David Axelrod said the 76-year-old former Vice President didn’t handle the debate questions well.

“At times the Vice President seemed somewhat confused to me, and handling some of the questions and following some of the ideas he seemed a bit defensive,” Axelrod said.

He was critical of another elderly candidate, as well.

“And Bernie Sanders … he might have been a hologram because a lot of what we heard tonight we’ve heard many many times before,” Axelrod said.

New York Magazine correspondent Olivia Nuzzi reports that “a source close to the Biden campaign” says that his staff is “freaking out” about his “poor” performance during the debate.