Article snippet: Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden got into an extraordinary exchange Thursday afternoon with an Iowa farmer who first called him too old to run and then challenged him on Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine, triggering Biden to call the man ‘‘a damn liar.’’ During an event in New Hampton, Iowa, the man rose to say he had two issues with Biden’s candidacy. ‘‘You’re damn near as old as I am,’’ the man started. ‘‘I’m 83, and I know damn well I don’t have the mental faculties I did 30 years ago.’’ Then he turned toward what he said was a more pressing concern. ‘‘We all know [President Donald] Trump has been messing around in the Ukraine over there, holding their foreign aid . . . saying they’re going to investigate you,’’ he said. ‘‘He’s got no backbone, we know that.’’ ‘‘But you, on the other hand, sent your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company that he had no experience with gas or nothing, to get access to the president,’’ he continued. ‘‘You’re selling access to the president just like he was.’’ Biden stopped him. ‘‘You’re a damn liar, man,’’ Biden said. ‘‘That’s not true. And no one has ever said that.’’ ‘‘The hell it ain’t,’’ the man replied. ‘‘I see it on the TV.’’ ‘‘You see it on the TV?’’ Biden said. ‘‘All I do is watch TV,’’ the man continued. ‘‘No, I know you do,’’ Biden responded. ‘‘And by the way, I’m not sedentary,’’ Biden, 77, continued. ‘‘Look, the reason I’m running is I’ve been around a long tim... Link to the full article to read more