‘Reacher' star details chance meeting with Biden on show's set
'So our 'Reacher' set got in the way of these legends,' the 42-year-old actor wrote in a Tuesday Instagram post.
'Was a privilege and honor to meet the Biden family,' said Ritchson, who stars as title character Jack Reacher on the action thriller. Ritchson shared snapshots and a video of the ex-commander in chief and his son, Hunter Biden, smiling while engaging in a conversation with him.
'They couldn't have been more lovely. Kind, joyful, gracious and present,' Ritchson said to his more than 4 million followers.
'We chatted briefly about simple stuff, like string theory and quantum entanglement. Then Joe beat me at arm wrestling. All in a day's work,' Ritchson said of the 82-year-old former president, whose alleged cognitive decline during his last years in office has been the subject of several books published in recent months.
The face-to-face between Ritchson and Biden on Monday appeared to be a chance meeting, according to CBS Philadelphia. The Bidens just happened to be eating breakfast at a restaurant in the City of Brotherly Love where 'Reacher' was filming.
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