“Can you explain to the Americans who submitted this impeachment inquiry why you interacted with so many of your son’s and brother’s foreign business associates?” a reporter asked Biden at the White House on Wednesday.

He referenced an October Associated Press-NORC poll that found nearly “70 percent of Americans, including 40 percent of Democrats, believe that you acted either illegally or unethically in regards to your family’s business interests.”

“I’m not going to comment. I did not, and it’s just a bunch of lies. They’re lies,” Biden insisted.