Joe Biden

President Joe Biden has been a lightning rod for rumors and misinformation. The team at Snopes fact-checks the claims.

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Is This Biden on a Movie Set Resembling the Oval Office?
  • 10 February 2021
Denying reality won't stop it from happening.
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Were the Bidens Booed During Their Speech at the Super Bowl?
  • 8 February 2021
In a pre-recorded video televised before the game, U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady...
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Did Biden’s Order To Halt Keystone XL Pipeline ‘Destroy’ 11,000 Jobs?
  • 8 February 2021
The exact number of jobs eliminated as a result of an executive order to halt...
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Does Joe Biden Have a Speech Impediment?
  • 7 February 2021
"God’s gift to me was my stuttering,” Biden once said.
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Did Biden Sign an Executive Order Allowing the U.S. to Fund Abortions Abroad?
  • 8 February 2021
The so-called "global gag rule" was instated by Ronald Reagan in 1984.
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Does Biden’s “Fake Air Force One” Prove He Is Not Really President?
  • 7 February 2021
Any plane carrying the President is designated "Air Force One."
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Did Biden Announce Plans to Defund Veteran Affairs?
  • 6 February 2021
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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No, An FBI Agent Killed in Florida Wasn’t Investigating Hunter Biden’s Laptop
  • 5 February 2021
Social media memes claimed without evidence that an FBI agent killed while serving a search...
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Did Biden Admin Tell Keystone Pipeline Workers ‘Find Another Job’?
  • 8 February 2021
A partisan media source mischaracterized the White House press secretary's comments.
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Did Biden Give Gitmo Prisoners COVID-19 Vaccines Before Americans?
  • 4 February 2021
Doses were first sent to the Guantanamo Bay naval base before being dispersed to facilities...
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Did Biden Vow To Eliminate the ‘Stepped-Up’ Basis for Capital Gains Tax?
  • 3 February 2021
For once, a viral Facebook post critical of a politician accurately articulated their past pronouncements.
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No, Joe Biden Did Not Lower the Age of Consent to 8
  • 1 February 2021
Fake screenshots of nonexistent CNN and NBC stories were the latest installment of a set...
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