Biden defends his dog after reports of biting incident

Biden, while speaking in a morning show, told that his dog was shifted to Delaware to accommodate the First Lady.

"He was going home. I didn't banish him to home. Jill was going to be away for four days, I was going to be away for two, so we took him home,” he said.

Biden further confirmed that Major did not bite someone and penetrate the skin.

"He's a sweet dog - 85% of the people [at the White House] love him. All he does is lick them and wag his tail,” he said.  

US media was reporting for the last few days that Joe Biden’s dog Major had bitten a US Secret Service agent following which he, along with another dog Champ, were sent back to the president's home state Delaware.

Major was adopted by Bidens when he was a 3-year old puppy. Their older dog Champ, a 12-year old German Shepherd, had already spent some time in the White House as a younger dog, when Biden served as a Vice President, before moving in permanently in January this year.

Living in White House is not easier for many presidential pups as a number of strangers keep coming in and out of the house.

In January 2017, at the end of former President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a girl claimed she was bitten in the face by the Obamas' dog Sunny during a visit to the White House.