United States: Biden mistakenly says he’s running

Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself. The former vice-president made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his state of Delaware. He said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running for the United-” before correcting himself and saying, “anybody who […]

Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself.

The former vice-president made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his state of Delaware.

He said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running for the United-” before correcting himself and saying, “anybody who would run”.

The audience stood up and chanted “run Joe run”, while Mr Biden said, “I didn’t mean it!”