Biden briefly appears to confuse granddaughter with son in verbal gaffe

A person wears a "Vote" protective mask while standing outside Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. American voters, at least those who've not yet cast ballots, go to the polls Tuesday to choose between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden and cast votes in U.S. House and Senate races and state and local elections. Photographer: Hannah Yoon/Bloomberg

PHILADELPHIA (AFP): Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden briefly appeared to confuse his granddaughter with his son as he spoke in Philadelphia on Election Day, in a verbal gaffe which was swiftly seized on by the Trump campaign.

Biden, a former stutterer renowned for becoming easily tangled in his words, was introducing the daughter of his son Beau – who died of brain cancer in 2015 – to supporters in the city in Pennsylvania when he called her "none other than my son Beau Biden."