Imagine that we lived in a world where new technology is developed all the time, although not everyone gets access to all new technology simultaneously. In such a world, wouldn't it be possible for the powerful dictator of the most populous and technologically advanced nation in that world to receive seemingly miraculous life-extension treatments before most people knew of their existence?

Besides, if current dystopic trends continue, most of us won't have 40 years to wait for the expiration of our despotic sovereign overlords...