India, Feb. 25 -- Even as Donald Trump romped home in the 2024 South Carolina GOP Primary, Joe Biden served up one of his traditional gaffes as he appeared to refer to Xi Jinping as 'head of Russia' before correcting himself.

Speaking at the East Room in the White House where he was holding the Annual National Governors' Association, Biden also repeated his debunked claim that he had travelled 17,000 miles with Xi Jinping.

Biden said: "He (Obama) wanted me to get to know (then Vice President) Xi Jinping because it was clear he was going to be the head of Russia (corrects himself) uuuh China and we were having problems with Russia at the time and other countries as well. So what he (Obama) said was get to know him (Jinping), he is going ...