JOE Biden has been accused by four women of creepy “unwelcome touching” ahead of his anticipated 2020 presidential run.
The former US Vice President, 76, was forced to address the allegations that he ignored the “personal space” of some ladies “and some men”.
The ensuing scandal has been mocked by Donald Trump who himself has been accused multiple times of sexual misconduct – allegations he denies.
On Tuesday, Trump taunted Biden at a Republican fundraiser saying “…welcome to the world, Joe. You having a good time, Joe?”
In a video posted on Twitter yesterday, Biden acknowledged that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable.
Wearing a suit and open-collared shirt, he promised to be “much more mindful” of respecting personal space.
He said: “I want to talk about gestures of support and encouragement that I’ve made to some women and some men and I’ve made them uncomfortable.
“Social norms have begun to change. They’ve shifted.
“And the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset. And I get it. I get it. I hear what they are saying. I understand.”
Biden also teased an announcement of his political plans, promising to “be talking to you about a whole lot of issues.”
The video was Biden’s first direct comment on what has tripped up his preparations to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign.
He did not directly apologise but seemed to be seeking to ease some people’s discomfort, which has raised questions about whether he could wage an effective campaign.
On Friday, former Nevada politician Lucy Flores wrote in New York Magazine that Biden approached her from behind, touched her shoulders and kissed the back of her head in 2014.
Since then, another woman has said Biden grabbed her face when he was thanking congressional staff at a 2009 event.
On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that three additional women had recounted uncomfortable encounters with Biden.
Former White House intern Vail Kohnert-Yount said when she met Biden in 2013 in the West Wing he put his hand on the back of her head and pressed his forehead to hers and called her a “pretty girl.”
Biden, a former US senator from Delaware, first said in a statement that he did not recall the episode that Flores initially described in the magazine piece and then in subsequent interviews.
Trump was asked Wednesday whether Biden should apologise for the ways he has interacted with women.
The US President replied: “No, he’s going to make his own decisions. He’s very capable of making a decision, I assume.”
A day earlier, Trump said: “Our former vice president, I was going to call him. I don’t know him well.
“I was gonna say, ‘Welcome to the world, Joe. You having a good time, Joe?'”
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