Try it and see how it works out for you. A lot depends on your fitness and toughness. I commute about 4 days/week 22 miles round trip, and it takes a lot of perseverance to ride many days. Assuming you have the fitness and mental toughness, I would think you would need:
- A relatively light, fast road bike so you can maintain the highest average speed that is sustainable. If you can average 16 mph (which could be tough commuting), that's still 5 hours or riding each day.
- A top-notch lighting system, front and rear. Riding 5+ hours a day will require that you have reliable lights capable of holding a long charge. They also need to be bright since you would need to commute a lot in the dark.

As others mentioned, a more doable way to commute at that distance would be combine cycling with mass transit, car-pooling or driving on some days. The thing about bike commuting that if often underestimated is the wear-and-tear it puts on your body riding day after day. I'm probably a lot older than you (57), but have found that I need to ride at an easier pace commuting than I do for most rec rides or I just wear myself down.