He did it again. Joe Biden delivered a speech meant to comfort Puerta Ricans recovering from the hit the island took from Hurricane Fiona. As often happens, Biden made a random remark that defies logic. He told the audience that he was “sort of” raised in the Puerto Rican community in Delaware, at least politically. This is a whole new chapter for Biden’s autobiography.

It’s well-known that Biden makes up stories to ingratiate himself to an audience. He thinks it helps him bond with an audience. Usually after his speeches, though, he’s quickly called out for telling whoppers. This makes it difficult to trust anything he says. The reason he withdrew from his first run for president in the summer of 1987, for example, was over plagiarism, stealing sections of speeches from others as though they were his own.

In Puerto Rico, with Jill Biden standing behind him, he told the people he was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community in Delaware, politically speaking.

“We have a very, in relative terms, a large Puerto Rican population in Delaware relative to our population,” Biden said in an unscripted aside. “We have the eighth-largest black population of the country and between all minorities, we have 20% of our state [that] is minority. And so I — I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically.”

The look on Jill’s face and her body language as she uncomfortably shifted from foot to foot was all you needed to see to know that Joe was telling one of his made-up personal stories.

I need to know more about this Puerto Rican community that Biden claims to have been raised in but never mentioned prior to today https://t.co/JJ0h73MAQ4

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 3, 2022

According to the 1970 U.S. Census, he’s talking about a very small number of people in a very small state.

Biden, 79, was first elected to the US Senate in 1972 — two years after winning election to the New Castle, Del., County Council.

According to the 1970 US Census, Delaware had about 2,154 people who were either born in Puerto Rico or descended from Puerto Rican parents — roughly 0.39% of the First State’s population of nearly 550,000 at the time.

He didn’t bother to elaborate on his new story. When did he form a relationship with the Delaware Puerto Rican community? Was he mentored by a politically savvy member of the community? His was a typical Joe Biden statement – long on generalities, short on specifics. He just wanted his audience to like him.

Biden pledged to make sure that Puerto Rico receives federal aid as long as he is president. That was a sop to Hispanic voters, a voting demographic that is shrinking for Democrats, and also a slap at the previous administration. After Hurricane Maria in 2017, the Trump administration was criticized for its slow response. In the meantime, all kinds of corruption and scams were uncovered that played a part in why it was taking so long for the millions of dollars of federal aid to end up where it was needed. On top of that, the infrastructure in Puerto Rico is notoriously ill-equipped to handle the needs of the island. So, Biden wanted to go to Puerto Rico to show his support.

“We came here in person to show that we’re with you. All of America is with you as you recover and rebuild,” Biden said with first lady Jill beside him, promising investments in public transit ports, airports, water safety, and high-speed internet, as well as planning for extreme weather.

Biden said he would support the island’s residents throughout the process, promising that “as we rebuild, we have to ensure that we build it to last.”

“We are not leaving here as long as I’m president, until everything — I mean this sincerely — until every single thing that we can do is done,” he said.

As he left the White House earlier in the day, the president criticized the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in 2017, telling reporters that the island’s residents “haven’t been taken very good care of.”

The statement seemed to directly reference former President Donald Trump, who in 2019 said he had “taken care” of the island better than “any living human being.”

Maybe Sleepy Joe forgot that the residents of Puerto Rico don’t get to cast a ballot in the next presidential election. In the 2020 election, then-Gov. Wanda Vazquez’s endorsed Trump and it was viewed as a boost go his campaign as he courted Latino voters. Maybe Biden’s looking for an endorsement in 2024.

Joe Biden is a dazed and confused 79 year old man who should be enjoying his retirement years with family and friends at his beach mansion in Delaware. Instead he is adding on to the long list of fibs and fantasies he tells to crowds of people. At this point, it’s borderline elder abuse for those around him (looking at you, Jill) to keep encouraging him to continue in elected office.