Joe Brolly has explained his 'friendly' relationship with US President elect Joe Biden.
The 78-year-old former vice-president will soon move into the White House after a successful election campaign that saw him beat current President Donald Trump.
And speaking on Claire Byrne Live on RTE about the election, the GAA pundit and barrister opened up on his unlikely relationship with Biden that dates back to his visit to a Mayo Hospice in 2017.
"I was very privileged to be on a speaker call with the (Biden) family in their home in Delaware the day after the election had been called," Brolly said.
"Basically I said congratulations, I got to know him through the (Mayo) Hospice and we've become friendly".
He visited Ireland in 2017 and turned the first sod of a €10 million construction of Mayo's first hospice in Castlebar, where he met Brolly.
Biden said he was 'honoured' that the hospice would be forever linked his late son Beau, who died in 2015 after a two-year battle with cancer.
His son Beau had planned to accompany him in his previous 2016 Ireland visit with President Obama, making the trip 'bittersweet' for Biden.
Mr Biden has family connections in Mayo, and his cousin Laurita Blewitt was the fundraising manager for the hospice's foundation.
