Buchanan was still twenty - three when he assumed his position in St. Louis .
That same year , Patrick J. Buchanan , also born in 1938 and eight months younger than Hilburn , began writing editorials for the since defunct St. Louis Globe - Democrat .
Patrick J. Buchanan was still twenty - three when Hilburn assumed Hilburn 's position in St. Louis .
That same year , Patrick J. Buchanan , also born in 1938 and eight months younger than Hilburn , began writing editorials for the since defunct St. Louis Globe - Democrat .