These days he is best known for gaffes and blunders that seem minimal and quaint compared to the likes of Trump and Biden. Basically insisting that the word "potato" was spelled "potatoes" in a school ...
It is not easy being a teacher, or a vice president: Ask Dan Quayle. He tried doing both when he corrected a 6th grade student’s spelling of the word potato during a visit to a New Jersey school.
Remember Dan Quayle, the last Hoosier to serve as vice president? The one who earned "Mr. Potatoe Head" ridicule by not spelling "potato" correctly during a photo-op at a school? He's back in the news ...