“Photo shows President Joe Biden used his son Hunter’s injuries from a car accident as a photo opportunity when taking the oath of office for Senate in 1973.”
What PolitiFact found
The Jan. 5, 1973, photo shows President Joe Biden taking the oath of office for U.S. Senate at a Wilmington, Delaware, hospital. Also pictured is his son Beau Biden, not Hunter. Both sons were injured in a December 1972 car accident that also killed Joe Biden's first wife and infant daughter.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 December 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 December 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocratsLogic/posts/pfbid0QAKTStDf65E84BY9z2DnNiiSXTfau4H…
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