Joe Biden Scolds Reporter After Confronted by Question About Son’s Work in Ukraine

Joe Biden Scolds Reporter After Confronted by Question About Son’s Work in Ukraine
Former Vice President Joe Biden responds to a question on Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. David J. Phillip/AP Photo
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden snapped at a reporter on Oct. 4 after being asked a question on whether his son’s work in Ukraine, while Biden was vice president dealing diplomatically with the country, amounted to a “conflict of interest.”

“How was your role as vice president in charge of policy in Ukraine and your son’s job in Ukraine—how was that not a conflict of interest?” the reporter asked Biden during the Service Employees International Union forum in Los Angeles, according to a video circulating on social media.