In Tense Exchange, Biden Calls Iowa Voter A ‘Damn Liar,’ Challenges Him To IQ Test

Vice President Joe Biden at a town hall last month. On Thursday, Biden got into a heated exchange with an Iowa voter, calling the man “a damn liar.”

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Presidential candidate Joe Biden squared off with a voter in Iowa on Thursday, calling the man a “damn liar” after he accused Biden of helping to get his son on the board of a Ukrainian gas company in an attempt to win access with Ukraine’s president.

In the testy exchange at a town hall packed with Biden supporters, the former vice president took umbrage with another accusation from the voter: that Biden is too old to run for president.

Biden, who is 77 years old, responded by challenging the voter to a pushup match, a running competition and an IQ test — offers that were greeted with audience applause.