Just as Joe Biden was about to give his State of the Union speech - his wife Jill turned heads by kissing Kamala Harris' husband on the lips.
After entering Congress to cheers from the Democrat benches, the First Lady went over to Doug Emhoff and leaned in for a hug.
One of them appears to have misjudged the distances and rather than a friendly kiss on the cheek they appeared to kiss each other on the lips.
Among friends this kind of social slip up would have gone unnoticed but with the eyes of country on those select few, the kiss was quickly picked up on.
Donald Trump's former adviser Kellyanne Conway shared a picture of the kiss with delight, joking: "Wow, Covid really is over."
The wider State of the Union address in Congress on Tuesday, was marred by Republicans heckling Joe Biden after he accused them of wanting to "sunset Medicare and Social Security".
Though he pledged bipartisanship where possible, Biden took the chance to accuse Republicans of trying to cut into social support for millions of Americans.
“Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans — some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I am not saying it’s a majority,” Biden said.
As GOP lawmakers in the audience pushed back, Biden responded: “We’re not going to be moved into being threatened to default on the debt if we don’t respond.”
Some Republicans refused to back down, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and others jumping to their feet, some yelling “Liar!”
The president answered back: “Stand up and show them: We will not cut Social Security! We will not cut Medicare!”
As Republicans continued to protest his accusations, he said: “We’ve got unanimity."
In a 73-minute speech, Biden aimed at reassuring a country beset by pessimism and fraught political divisions and exhorted Congress to unite the nation.
He discussed GOP efforts to repeal the Democrats' 2022 climate change and healthcare law and their reluctance to increase the federal debt limit, the nation’s legal borrowing authority that must be raised later this year or risk default.
