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Biden laughs off age gags at comedy roast

US President Joe Biden takes a joke during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden took it on the chin Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he laughed gamely through sharp jokes about his age, and hit back with a few of his own.

Washington’s political and media elites gathered for their annual big-night-out in the US capital for an event that ranged from the traditional comedy gags to somber calls to free reporters imprisoned abroad.

Headlining the after-dinner entertainment was “Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr., who gleefully mocked Biden, 80, for running for a second term in the White House that could mean he is still president at age 86.

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