“As vice president, Joe Biden presented one of his uncles, Frank Biden, with a Purple Heart, which his uncle refused to accept.”
What FactCheck.org found
Frank Biden, who served in the Army during World War II, died in 1999 -- when Joe Biden was a senator, not vice president.
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In short
Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 16 December 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 December 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/16/remarks-by-president…
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