You would think that people in the public eye would stay away from drug parties that are being recorded on video for posterity or future sale. But Ashley Biden, the daughter of Vice President Joe Biden, may not have gotten the memo.

An acquaintance of the 27-year-old claims to have a video of Ms. Biden snorting cocaine at a party. A 43-minute tape that allegedly shows the vice president’s daughter doing the drug has been offered for sale though a DC lawyer.

Snippets of the tape have been viewed by several media outlets, including the New York Post and Radaronline.com, which report that the footage shows her snorting several lines of the powder while at a party and, at another point, shouting "Shut the f*** up!" She also allegedly jokes that the lines of coke aren’t big enough. So far no one has bought the tape — the Post says the price is $400,000; Radaronline says it would have cost them $250,000 — but the damage is done.

The video is said to have been shot this year and those who have seen it say the camera did not appear to be concealed. If it is Ashley Biden, a social worker for the state of Delaware, that makes us wonder just how foolish (or high) she could have been.

UPDATE: The lawyer who was helping Ms. Biden’s "friend" has dropped the client, according to Huffington Post. We’re sure Biden - and the White House - are breathing a sigh of relief.