​Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden insisted he wasn’t trying to “mislead anybody” when he related a story about the heroics of a US military member and his visit to Afghanistan that contained a slew of inaccuracies.

“[Details] matter in terms of whether you’re trying to mislead people. And I wasn’t trying to mislead anybody,” Biden told reporters in Iowa at a Labor Day picnic. “My point is, I was there. The fact is, the point I was trying to make, I’d make again.”

“The valor and honor of these warriors are as significant as any warriors we’ve ever had in the history of the United States of America,” he continued. “That was my point.”

During a campaign appearance last month, ​Biden recounted how a four-star general asked ​the then-vice president to travel to Afghanistan to award a Silver Star to a Navy captain who rappelled into a ravine to save a fellow service member.

The Washington Post later revealed the 76-year-old Biden got most of the details wrong​ and mixed at least three separate events into one story.

​The report said Biden traveled to Afghanistan as a senator, the hero was in the Army, and the soldier did not receive a Silver Star, although later he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

​Biden defended himself in an interview with NPR, saying he was “making a point about a generation.”

“That has nothing to do with a judgment of whether or not you send troops to war, the judgment of whether you bring someone home, the judgment of whether or not you decide on a health care policy. You understand that,​”​ Biden ​told the NPR Politics Podcast and Iowa Public Radio.​

Pressed on the importance of getting details right, Biden said, “The details are irrelevant in terms of decision-making.​”​