‘It got me’: Joe Biden swats away cicada as he boards Air Force One

President brushed off bug attack but previous evening some press had been delayed after charter plane was swarmed by cicadas

There was already plenty of buzz about Joe Biden's first overseas trip as president - tackling issues as the special relationship" with Britain, European unity against authoritarian power in Russia and China and tackling Vladimir Putin about cybercrime.

But the Washington political hum became all too literal on Wednesday as the US president was bombarded by large insects as he prepared to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, en route to the UK.