Biden briefly confuses Ukraine with Iraq, 'where my son died'

President Joe Biden mistakenly claimed his eldest son, Beau, died in Iraq, despite his late progeny succumbing to brain cancer stateside, while referring to the war in Ukraine.

"Inflation is a worldwide problem right now because of a war in Iraq," Biden said Tuesday. "Excuse me, the war in Ukraine. I'm thinking of Iraq because that's where my son died ... because of that," he added.

Joe Biden has misspoken about where his son died before. In Colorado last month, the president said the former Delaware attorney general and military reservist "lost his life in...