Joe Biden, 82, bungled a rendition of Happy Birthday after he invited a young man on stage to celebrate – in the latest embarrassing gaffe for the aging lame duck president.
The U.S. President was singing into a microphone as a crowd full of people watched when he suddenly forgot the man’s name – and the lyric – leading to an awkward gap in the song.
The man took the gaffe well, laughing it off as Biden’s voice trailed off at the part of the song he didn’t know, before picking up again for the end of the song.
‘Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to…,’ he sung into the microphone.
Video of the blunder has now gone viral, prompting critics to brand the President an ’embarrassment’ and begin a countdown for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
‘Biden brought a guy on stage to sing happy birthday to him… The problem is he either doesn’t know his name or forgot it… and mumbled nonsense instead,’ one wrote.
‘Joe Biden has no clue who he’s singing happy birthday to, this administration is a joke,’ another added.
Biden has faced mounting concern about his health after suffering a steady stream of mishaps which got progressively worse throughout his presidency.
The president’s health has been back in the news since The Wall Street Journal published a story on December 19 on how aides dealt with a ‘diminished’ president throughout his entire term.
The report revealed that aides would have to repeat obvious instructions to Biden – such as where to exit a stage, put other officials into roles usually occupied by the president, scrapped meetings on his ‘bad days’, and kept him at arm’s length from his own Cabinet members.
