Joe Biden just confused his wife for his sister and it was very, very awkward

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As Joe Biden racked up wins across the US states during Super Tuesday, he’d be forgiven for his head being a little all over the place.

Especially because, as Biden said at his rally in Los Angeles last night:

Just a few days ago, the press… had declared the campaign dead!

But to confuse your wife with your sister? That seems a bit... extreme.

© Provided by Indy 100 While giving a speech, Biden's wife Jill was standing to his right, while his sister Valerie, on his left.

But he turned around to Jill and said:

By the way, this is my sister, Valerie!

As soon as her husband got her identity wrong, she waved her hand in disagreement and protested.

Biden, realising his mistake, immediately said:

Oh no! They switched on me. This is my wife and this is my sister.

The response on social media was a lot of secondhand embarrassment:

The gaffe came about after President Donald Trump slammed the former VP on Twitter for his history of mixing things up.

Using his long-running nickname for Biden, ‘Sleepy Joe’, Trump tweeted:

Let’s be honest though, it’s not like Donald Trump is without his own embarrassing moments.

Just yesterday, he asked if people could be protected from coronavirus by getting normal flu shots.