Washington: Photos taken yesterday by an Associated Press photographer showed US Vice President Joe Biden with a female biker apparently sitting on his lap at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio.
However, the AP photographer Carolyn Kaster has denied there was any lap-sitting.
In one photo, Biden appears to whispering something in the women’s ear, with his hand resting on her shoulder. Another picture shows Biden with both hands on her shoulders, grinning.
“A White House pool report says the bikers may be part of a group called the ‘Shaddowmen.’ No details were available on their real names or what discussion led to the lap incident,” The Hill reported.
Kaster says the woman was on the other side of the diner’s aisle where Biden was sitting.
He said people were taking Biden’s pictures and the woman in question was also eager to have one. So Biden “pulled the chair in front of the table so she could be in the picture,” says Kaster.
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