“$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.”
What PolitiFact found
The Bidens’ adjusted gross income was below $400,000 a year for most of Joe Biden’s career when he was in public service but after he left the vice presidency, it soared into the millions.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 9 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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