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Joe Biden says he is ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’

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Listen: Joe Biden says he is ‘first Black woman to serve with a Black president’

Joe Biden has caused concern with a new blunder that saw him suggest he was the “first Black woman to serve alongside a Black president.”

The US president was appearing on Philadelphia’s Wurd radio station as part of 4 July celebrations, when he spoke of his achievements.

“By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice-president, first Black woman… to serve with a Black president,” he said, confusing his achievements alongside Barack Obama with Kamala Harris’.

It comes shortly after denial that he’d be quitting the presidential race over concerns about his health.

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