Former President Joe Biden mistakenly called a Syracuse University trustee “Barack” during a portrait unveiling ceremony. The incident happened when Biden, 83, returned to the Syracuse University School of Law. During his speech, he spotted a tall, slender African-American man sitting onstage and said, “Barack? What are you doing?” He then repeatedly said, “Come here,” urging the man to join him at the podium.
That man was Jeff Scruggs, who chairs Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees. Scruggs walked up to Biden, who then leaned into the microphone and said, “I feel like he should be standing to the right and I should be standing to the left.” According to the Daily Mail, he then added, “Doesn’t he look like Barack?” The audience and Scruggs himself laughed at the remark.
