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“Joe Biden's story that he saw two men kiss and his father said “Joey, it’s simple. They love each other.”
Joe Biden U.S. president. in an interview with Kal Penn on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show". Claim dated 13 Mar 2023.
Washington Post rated thisDoesn't add up

What Washington Post found

Biden has told various versions of this story in recent years but elements do not add up

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 13 March 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Doesn't add up”.

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.

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