This is why his age and mental state matter: He clearly doesn't get it.

 “Over the past few weeks, survivors and witnesses of the attacks have shared the horrific accounts of unimaginable cruelty,” Mr. Biden told donors at one reception. “Reports of women raped — repeatedly raped — and their bodies being mutilated while still alive — of women corpses being desecrated, Hamas terrorists inflicting as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible and then murdering them. It is appalling.”

At another campaign event, he boasted of his affinity for Israel, saying he “immediately got on a plane and went over” after the Oct. 7 attack while adding that he had persuaded the Israelis to allow more aid into Gaza. “I’ve been a strong, strong supporter of Israel from the time I entered the United States Senate in 1973,” Mr. Biden said.