Biden jokes about Trump’s mental fitness at Washington’s Gridiron dinner

U.S. President Joe Biden took jabs on Saturday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about the mental fitness of his election opponent during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the 1880s.
Biden’s appearance at the dinner, in which politicians and journalists trade humorous barbs in a white-tie formal affair, was the first time a president has attended in person since former President Donald Trump in 2018.
Biden recently clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination for this year’s presidential election and will face off against Trump in a rematch in November. Biden is trying to court voters, boost his low approval ratings and allay concerns that he is too old to run again.
“One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me,” Biden said on Saturday in front of more than 650 guests.