Babbling Biden ushered off Viet stage

A sluggish President Joe Biden rambled on at a press conference in Vietnam - but was abruptly cut short with jazz music to dissuade him from making an even bigger fool of himself.

Biden was answering questions from journalists when he was interrupted and forced to head backstage.

'We talked about stability, we talked about the Third World, excuse me, the Southern Hemisphere has access to change. It wasn't confrontational at all ' Biden said as he babbled.

Suddenly, his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, could be heard thanking the attendees.

'Thank you everybody. This ends the press conference,' she said, while Biden continued to speak unaware of his muted mic.

A one point the 80-year-old rambled about John Wayne, "lying dog faced pony soldiers" and global warming.

The music only grew louder prompting Biden to put away his hand-held mic and leather folder and disappear behind a black curtain.