He is still only in his late 40s so yes he is relatively young and he was also very wild before he went away.

For example: he hated Enzo The Baker, who was also his brother-in-law, so much that it forced Jerry Mancuso (who was the father-in-law to both of them) to push for Enzo The Baker to get his button with the Bonannos because he was worried that Hippy would go after him and the Gambino books were closed at the time. Jerry took heat for this and was actually shelved for a short period of time until Wahoo went downtown and helped get his button back.