Biden jokes about possible India connection in meeting with Prime Minister Modi
India TodayUS President Joe Biden on Friday pleasantly spoke about his possible India connection during his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recalling a story about a man with the Biden surname writing to him when he was first elected as a Senator in 1972. "I said I'm not sure, but when I was elected as a 29-year-old kid in 1972, before I was sworn in, I got a letter from a person named Biden, last name, from Mumbai. Elaborating more on this, Biden jokingly said, "there was a Captain George Biden in the East India tea company. "I have never been able to track it down, so the whole purpose of this meeting is to help me figure it out," Biden said, triggering laughter among those present in the meeting room, including Prime Minister Modi.