Vice President Biden got weird at the Senate swearing-in events

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last updated 8 January 2015

Fulfilling his true role as America's inappropriate uncle, Vice President Joe Biden was observed making members of incoming Senators' families pretty uncomfortable during yesterday's swearing-in ceremonies. First there was this interaction with Sen. Chris Coons' daughter, who shies away from Biden as he whispers in her ear and then goes in for a kiss (full video here):

The Veep also got a little handsy with the teenage daughter of Sen. Joni Ernst, to whom he commented, "How old are you? 15? I hope Mom has a big fence."

Other comments include "Oh man, this is boring, boring, boring. Can I borrow your hat?" said to a young boy, and "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid," to Sen. Lindsey Graham.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.