Biden on "Morning Joe" being interviewed specifically on the Reade allegations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seu_C08yAAM
The first half of the interview I thought Biden handled the questions well. Then the interviewer repeated her question about his "at least the essence of what she's talking about is real" comment, and he got flustered and simply fell back on, I didn't do it.
I share his frustration that so many are using that comment against him as if he meant accusers should be believed entirely without evidence. That's not what he said and if anyone does believe an accusation should be automatically taken as fact then they're wrong. That would be absurd and dangerous.
He added the word "essence" to his comment for a reason. He even explained what he meant the first time she raised the question, "believing women means taking the woman's claim seriously...but in the end, in every case, the truth is what matters". He never said Blasey-Ford's accusations should be believed without evidence, he was saying that they shouldn't be automatically rejected as a partisan hit job (which is what many Republican's did) and that the claims should be fully investigated (which Republicans were not willing to do). Many Republicans and conservative media even went on the offensive attacking Blasey-Ford's credibility and personal life. They did not believe the essence of what she said, they rejected it out of hand because they didn't want it to be true.
I see no inconsistency here from Biden, but I do see a lot of willful ignorance surrounding Biden's comment on the Kavanaugh case.