15 times Joe Biden didn't understand personal space

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Do you know that person who always gets way too close when they talk to you? That's Vice President Joe Biden.

So some people are a little more touchy-feely when they talk, and that's totally okay. But Biden is the king of creep, the sultan of stroke, the baron of the brush, the caesar of physical contact.

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Biden stole headlines on Tuesday after he gently caressed Defense Secretary Ash Carter's wife Stephanie during Carter's swearing-in ceremony. But let's not forget that Biden has a long history of intimate gestures with complete strangers and acquaintances.

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