WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on night the April 27 at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, as protesters outside criticised his support for Israel's war against Hamas.

Mr Biden used the annual black-tie event to chide his Republican rival Donald Trump for immaturity, poke fun at his own advanced age and take on the Washington press corps.

"Yes, age is an issue. I'm a grown man, running against a six-year-old," Mr Biden joked.

Mr Biden, 81, later added of former President Trump, 77: "Age is the only thing we have in common. My vice-president actually endorses me."

Demonstrators holding banners chanted about journalist deaths in Gaza outside the Washington Hilton, the site of the annual gathering. Hundreds of protesters encouraged journalists to boycott the event and shouted down administration officials as they entered.

Mr Biden avoided the large protests at the front of the hotel by arriving through a back entrance, where he was greeted by smaller groups of protesters calling for a ceasefire.

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