I don't mean to boast about myself at the tender age of 16 (in the slightest), but 16 is when people can start having jobs. It is when the state (in the UK) ceases a lot of enforced support, both from a parental angle and generally in terms of education. Being 16 is a child in hindsight, for sure. But 16 is not an age where teenagers are unaware, infinitely-malleable bright sparks of potential all humans (presumably) have had the ability to be.
Don't forget how old he is, sure. But it's not exactly an age where people aren't making choices knowing the consequences some of the time. And if he's that pushed by his family, or some other involved parental figure, then why even focus on him at all? Because that means it wasn't even him from near the start, barring a choice set of social media clips that kicked the whole mess off.
These things have to have balance. Caution about him being young all you want, and don't mistake me calling him out for using his age as a justification. Minors should have a bunch of protections (mainly anonymity), people shouldn't have to deal with death threats. But you're acting like 16 is the same as him being, like, 6. And yes, I'm aware that this isn't a fantastic slope to argue down
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Biden will do well to thank his lucky stars if he manages to squeak in by the skin of his teeth. The "result" that seems most likely to me at this point, is that election night, Trump is comfortably ahead, because the red states (and counties) will have much higher amounts of in-person voting going on. But there won't be enough electoral votes to declare Trump the winner.
This is going to make the 2000 election look like a knitting circle.
Uhhh, soooo... 
