Biden says he’s ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’ in latest gaffe
SUMMARY
President Biden described himself as the “first black woman to serve with a black president” during an interview on Philadelphia’s WURD black radio station, in his latest gaffe as he attempts to reassure voters of his capability to lead. The 81-year-old president made the slip-up while discussing his time as former President Barack Obama’s vice president and his selection of Kamala Harris as vice president. Biden said, “By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first black woman, to serve with a black president,” to host Andrea Lawful-Sanders. However, this gaffe was one of several during the interview, including an incorrect claim about his election in Delaware and a comparison between the black struggle for representation and his own experience as a Catholic before John F. Kennedy's election.
