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==2009–2017: Vice presidency==

==2009–2017: Vice presidency==

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[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office.<br>''Official White House Photograph'']]

 

As he assumed office, Biden's responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities.  He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.

As he assumed office, Biden's responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities.  He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.

===Panic-mongering===

===Panic-mongering===

One of Biden's first actions as Vice President was to set off a national panic over the [[Swine flu]] which the White House was forced to walk back.  Biden warned Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>

One of Biden's first actions as Vice President was to set off a national panic over the [[Swine flu]] which the White House was forced to walk back.  Biden warned Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>