Biden gently lets down Connecticut teen’s prom proposal

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden couldn’t make the prom, but he did send a corsage to the Connecticut teen who invited him.

Newington HS student Talia Maselli considered the globe-trotting Biden the perfect prom date.

“I am inviting you so far in advance because I’m sure many 17-year-old girls send you prom invitations, and I had to beat them to it,” Maselli wrote in the fall.

“I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America,” she gushed, the Hartford Courant reported.

On Thursday, the day before the prom, a deliveryman presented Maselli with a corsage made of white roses, and baby’s breath, with a patriotic red, white and blue presentation.

“I am flattered, but my schedule will not permit me to be in Connecticut on Friday evening,” Biden wrote by hand on official White House stationery. “But I hope you will accept this corsage and enjoy your prom as much as I did mine.”

Biden did invite Maselli, now 18, to visit Washington, DC, which she plans to do this summer.