He was making his first public appearance since several women said his personal contact with them had made them uncomfortable. Biden promised to be more aware of his behavior.
By Matt Viser Matt Viser National political reporter Email Bio Follow April 5 at 12:15 PM Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday morning twice made jokes about the recent criticisms of his physical behavior toward women.
Later, partway through his speech, Biden spotted a quartet of children walking through the middle of the ballroom and invited them onto the stage. He shook each of their hands; then he put his arm around one of the young boys. President Trump has relished in Biden’s struggles. Despite being accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct, Trump taunted Biden on Thursday by tweeting a doctored video of the former vice president.Trump has repeatedly denied charges of misconduct, which stretch back decades. In a 2005 tape from “Access Hollywood,” which The Post obtained in October 2016, Trump was captured saying that he could “grab” women by their genitals. “When you’re a star, they let you do it.
Throughout his nearly five decades in public life, Biden has indulged a personal style in which he regularly dispenses of hugs, holds hands, and presses his forehead against someone else’s. But in the era of #MeToo, those interactions have been cast in a new light.
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