A former Nevada state assemblywoman's now-viral account of former Vice President Joe Biden kissing her without her consent describes nothing new — photos and videos of Biden touching women inappropriately have existed for years.

In the past, many in politics and the media wrote off videos and accounts of the 76-year-old Biden, nicknamed "Uncle Joe," acting inappropriately towards women as "Biden being Biden." But now, as the former vice president consistently leads in the national polls for the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, the allegation of inappropriate physical conduct by Biden has gained widespread negative attention.

In an essay for The Cut, Lucy Flores recounted an interaction she’d had backstage at a rally with the then-vice president in 2014 as she was running for lieutenant governor: “As I was taking deep breaths and preparing myself to make my case to the crowd, I felt two hands on my shoulders. I froze. ‘Why is the vice-president of the United States touching me?’ I felt him get closer to me from behind. He leaned further in and inhaled my hair. I was mortified… He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head.”