During the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Tuesday, cameras caught Vice President Joe Biden whispering into the new defense secretary's wife's ears, according to the BBC.

The Vice-President, Joe Biden, seems to be in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, with twice in just one week.

To everyone's surprise, within seconds Carter reached back and put his own hand on his wife's shoulder as he thanked his "perfect wife Stephanie' for her support along his professional path. Looks like Carter was uncomfortable with the behavior of the Vice President.

Just a few days before this incident, Biden was in the news for making some inappropriate comments during a speech made in his hometown of Wilmington, Del.

Biden was addressing a group of religious and community leaders, many of them Muslim or of African descent, when he commented on the "large, very identifiable Somali community."

"I might add, if you ever come to the train station you may notice that I have great relations with them, because an awful lot of them are driving cabs, and are friends of mine," Biden said.

"For real. I'm not being solicitous, I'm being serious," he added in response to the muted responses of his audience, according to CNN.

Needless to say, both the incidents have taken the social media platforms by storm, with many taking to Twitter and Facebook to take a dig at the Vice President.

Time Magazine came up with a list that says, "9 Times Joe Biden Creepily Whispered in Women's Ears."

Other reactions surfaced on the internet such as:

"The Creepy Uncle Joe Chronicles Continue."

"Obama chose Joe Biden as his VP because of his energy and enthusiasm. And those are the same reasons he picked his dog, Bo."

Some even called him the nation's No. 1 "close-talker" and criticized on his cluelessness about personal space.

"Not sure why a creep like @VP is not shunned by civil society," which was a Tweet by Stuart Stevens, the Republican media consultant who was Mitt Romney's chief political adviser in 2012.