Joe Biden blames jet lag for poor performance in presidential debate

The president added that he “didn’t listen to my staff” about travel and joked that he “fell asleep on stage” during the debate.

President Joe Biden has said jet lag was to blame for his poor debate performance (Evan Vucci/AP)

US president Joe Biden has blamed his poor performance at a TV debate with Donald Trump on jet lag.

During a campaign event, the 81-year-old Mr Biden pointed to two back-to-back European trips, saying: “I wasn’t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple of times.”