“I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president.”
Joe Biden
2020 Democratic presidential candidate, former vice president. Answering questions from reporters. Claim dated 16 Oct 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
Joe Biden (2020 Democratic presidential candidate, former vice president) made this claim around 16 October 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 October 2019, 14 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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
- realclearpolitics.comhttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/16/biden_to_trump_release_your_tax_return…
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