Biden warns Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security

Biden warns Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security
Former US president Joe Biden speaks at Advocates, Counsellors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference in Chicago (Nam Y Huh/AP)

Joe Biden has warned that US President Donald Trump has “taken a hatchet” to Social Security, weighing in on a critical issue for millions of Americans as the 82-year-old Democrat briefly returned to the national stage.

Mr Biden, who has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, gave an evening speech on Tuesday at the national conference of Advocates, Counsellors and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago.

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