President Biden refuses to visit Royal Navy's new flagship aircraft carrier due to high step count, gives Boris Johnson's wife 'a little sparkle' during 2021 visit, says former British prime minister, forthcoming claimed in his autobiography.
The president and Mr Johnson met ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, where the British government “proudly stationed” its massive $4.3 billion warship, the Prince of Wales, Mr Johnson writes in his new book. Unleashed”.
According to excerpts from Johnson's book, he and his aides warned ahead of Biden's first presidential trip that the then-78-year-old U.S. leader “really looks as old as his detractors sometimes say.” He said he was wondering if that was the case. Obtained by Telegraph.
“His staff told us he wouldn't actually ride on the giant aircraft carrier that we proudly stationed in the bay because there were too many steps. And that's about his physical fitness. I wondered what it meant,” Johnson said.
But Mr. Biden appeared tactful enough to joke with Mr. Johnson's new wife, Carey, then 33, and appeared to give her “a little bit of a glow,” the former prime minister wrote.
Biden, who attended the summit with his wife Jill, said he and Johnson were “married above us” and joked that he and Carey secretly took walks together.
“'Why don't you and I go to the beach and leave this guy here?'” Johnson told Carey in his memoir, adding, “Jill Biden “I made it into a ball,” he wrote.
Biden's 2021 G7 visit was marked by several embarrassing blunders. This includes the scene where he corrected Mr. Johnson for not introducing the “President of South Africa,'' even though Mr. Johnson had already failed to introduce him by name during a roundtable discussion.
Following a disastrous debate with former President Donald Trump in June, the president withdrew from his re-election race in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris amid concerns about the president's mental and physical abilities.
Johnson's autobiography will be released on October 10th.
