Biden visibly irritated when asked if he’s taken cognitive test, compares to drug test

Biden was asked a similar question last week, during which the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee dodged the question by saying that he is constantly tested when he is on the campaign trail.

This time, Biden compared the aim of question from the interviewer, who is black, to being asked to take a drug test.

“That’s like saying you, before you got in this program, ‘Will you take a test, were you taking cocaine or not?’ What do you think, huh? Are you a junkie?'”

Trump boasted in recent interviews that he scored a 30 out of 30 on a cognitive test during his last physical, which included questions like identifying drawings of a lion and a rhinoceros. In one interview, Trump described being asked to repeat certain words, popularizing the phrase “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”

Biden, though, suggested that the president failed a portion of the test.

“Well, if he can’t figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about,” Biden said. “I know you’re trying to goad me,” he said to the interviewer, adding that he is looking forward to debating Trump.

The former vice president and 36-year Delaware senator, who had a stutter as a child, stumbled in the last portion of his comments in the clip.

“I am very willing to let the American public judge my physical and mental — my physical as well as mental fill — fitness, and to, you know, to make a judgment about who I am,” Biden said.

The full Tuesday interview will be aired Thursday at the combined convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Trump and his campaign is targeting Biden’s cognitive ability as a campaign tactic, often pointing out when he stumbles over words and misspeaks.