Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic front-runner crowd, left some in the crowd at the Iowa State Fair mystified when he told them: We choose truth over facts."

The 76-year-old former vice president, who loquacious style and propensity for flubbing his lines endears him to some and draws mockery from others, was ending his speech at the state fairground in Des Moines when he attempted a rousing finish.

“There is nothing we’ve ever decided to do we’ve been unable to do, he said. "Period. That’s not hyperbole. We have never, never, never failed when we’re together. And ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to get up.

"Everybody knows who Donald Trump is. Even his supporters know who he is. We got to let him know who we are. We choose unity over division. We choose science over fiction. We choose truth over facts."





Biden has a long record of stumbling over his words. Last week, he invented the term "expodentially" when speaking to reporters.

During his second presidential primary debate, he made a number of slip-ups over statistics, phrases, and titles. He incorrectly warned that “ eight more years of Trump,” would “change America” fundamentally, though Trump is constitutionally limited to four more years after his term expires. His request that viewers to "go to Joe 30..330" - he appeared to mix up texting and going to a website - went viral.

It was at the Iowa State Fair in 1987 when Biden sealed his ignominious fate in the first of his three presidential runs by using phrases from a speech by British opposition leader Neil Kinnock without attribution. Weeks later, he dropped out amid multiple claims of plagiarism and exaggeration.

His second presidential run was in 2008, when he dropped out after receiving 0.9% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses, finishing fifth behind Barack Obama, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Richardson.