Two arrested after protesters throw milk at Joe Biden during Trinity College Dublin visit

Protesters at Trinity College Dublin threw milk at former US president Joe Biden during his visit to the university on Tuesday.Biden was in Dublin to watch his son Hunter receive the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Public Discourse from the College Historical Society. The visit was not widely publicized, and several news outlets described it as a “surprise” visit.Once news spread on campus that the former president was there, however, a protest broke out over his “handling of the genocide in Gaza,” according to Trinity's student newspaper, the University Times.Biden, 83, who served as vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017 and as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025, recently said that his treatment for prostate cancer has forced him to scale back public appearances.Protesters surround Biden's cars, accuse him of 'killing students across the globe'Students surrounded Biden's cars, chanting “shame on you” and “genocide Joe,” the University Times reported.“This is not what student-led societies are meant to do,” Trinity College Dublin Students' Union president Amy Kennedy said in a speech at the protest, according to the paper. She accused the Historical Society of having “actively [invited] someone who has killed students across the globe.” The University Times noted that Biden had not been invited and attended the event as a guest.Videos…