- "Jackie, are you here?" asked the President of the United States.

Joe Biden, President of the United States.

Biden gets confused when looking for a dead Republican congresswoman at an event

US President Joe Biden surprised attendees at a White House conference on hunger on Wednesday by asking if Jackie Walorski, a Republican congresswoman who died in August, was in the audience.

"Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? She was going to be here," the 79-year-old Democratic president said.

The Republican, a representative from Indiana, died in a car accident and had promoted a bipartisan bill to carry out today's conference, in which funds worth about 8,000 million dollars have been promised to end hunger in the United States in 2030.

The digital NPR recalled this Wednesday that the president and the first lady, Jill Biden, issued a statement in August expressing their condolences, praising the collaboration established with Walorski and stressing that she was a "unique" representative.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre tried Wednesday to divert attention from the president's ruling.

"Today's event was important. One is about food security and how we're going to take steps to eradicate hunger by 2030, and that's something the president takes very seriously. I had her very much in mind. In two days ( Biden) will see her family honor her and the work she has done," she said when asked by the press.

This month, in an interview on the program 60 minutes, Biden was asked what he thought of those who doubt that at his age he is no longer fit for office.

"Look at me," responded the president, who said he respects people saying he is older, but insisted that he is fine and that he does not feel old or with physical or mental problems that prevent him from serving as president.

Biden pregunta por Jackie Walorski. Jackie Walorski es una diputada republicana que falleció hace dos meses. Ido. pic.twitter.com/jDlBNhLlHA

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