From my latest New York Post column:
In April 1968, after he had run through five draft deferments, a medical board determined Joe Biden was unfit to go to Vietnam. Unfortunately, nobody stopped him this time.
The president, who served in the Senate during the Vietnam War, was in Hanoi Sunday. His staff made the mistake of letting him talk to the press. It went so badly that Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had to intervene while Biden was still talking. “Thank you, everybody. This ends the press conference. Thanks, everyone.” He was apparently about to tell reporters what Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Xi Jinping’s second-in-command, had said to him in a conversation at the G20 summit in India. A confused Biden at first kept speaking until he finally realized his microphone had been cut off and music started playing to drown him out. Perhaps his staff was worried his filter was gone…
Upon his return to American soil Monday, Biden told his Sept. 11 story: “Never forget! Ground Zero in New York. I remember standing there the next day.” Except Biden forgot: He was in DC on Sept. 12, 2001, not in New York. Biden has always told made-up stories, but his deterioration before our eyes has become increasingly apparent. We can all see an old man who often has to be led around and managed by his staff to steer him away from making a fool of himself.