Joe Biden gets 'lost' on stage in resurfaced clip as concerns mount over D Day performance

Joe Biden appeared lost and confused after finishing a speech at the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, newly surfaced footage shows.

Following his remarks at the international financing and partnership organisation's event last year, the 81-year-old walked away from the podium before looking around, seemingly unsure of where to go.

He appeared to ask someone in the audience what he was supposed to do next, before hanging around awkwardly at the side of the stage.

Global Fund executive director Peter Sands said "Thank you, Mr President" from another podium, prompting the Democrat to turn towards him abruptly in apparent surprise.

Arch Biden critic and Republican congressman Matt Gaetz shared the clip on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, writing: "He’s doing it again…"

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Questions continue to be asked about whether Biden is up to another four years in the Oval Office, amid a gaffe-strewn presidential campaign.

Footage shared widely on social media showed Biden fumbling for his seat as other dignitaries remained upright during a D-Day commemoration ceremony in France on Thursday.

Biden is seen bending over and grasping for his chair while onstage alongside other world leaders in Normandy, freezing awkwardly until everyone else took their seats.

RNC Research shared a misleading clip of the moment on X, making it appear as though there was no chair behind Biden at all.

In an interview with TIME Magazine published earlier this month, the President appeared to confuse China's leader Xi Jinping with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he discussed tariffs he has imposed on Beijing.

When asked whether the tariffs would increase inflation, he said: "No, because here's the deal. There's a difference. I made it clear to Putin from the very beginning that - I'm not, we're not engaging in..."

He trailed off momentarily, before adding: "For example, Trump wants a 10 percent tariff on everything. That will raise the price of everything in America."

TIME magazine was forced to add an editor's note to the interview transcript, reading: "Editor’s note: Biden appeared to mean Xi here, not Putin."

It comes after a Wall Street Journal article last week cited more than 45 Republican and Democratic lawmakers and staffers who shared their thoughts on Biden's mental fitness.

It revealed there were growing concerns about Biden's lack of ability to engage in private meetings.

One source said of a meeting with the President: "You couldn't be there and not feel uncomfortable.

"Former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy added: “I used to meet with him when he was vice president. I’d go to his house. He’s not the same person.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates dismissed the claims as a "political tactic" by the Republicans interviewed. He added that it was clear that the President was still a "savvy and effective leader".

Asked about concerns over his age during an interview with comedian Seth Meyers earlier this year, Biden said: "No. 1, you got to take a look at the other guy, he's about as old as I am," in a swipe at his Republican rival Donald Trump, who is 77.

"No. 2, it's about how old your ideas are," he continued. "Look, I mean, this is a guy who wants to take us back. He wants to take us back on Roe v. Wade.

"He wants to take us back on a whole range of issues that for 50, 60 years they've been solid American positions."

"I think it's about the future," Biden said. "And everything, every single thing we've done, and I think we've got some good things done … they told us we couldn't get them done, because things were so divided."