Joe Biden

“Hunter Biden was "singled out" and "unfairly" prosecuted "only because he is my son.”

FactCheck.org says: Hunter Biden argued in court that he was the victim of "selective prosecution," but multiple judges rejected his motion to dismiss, saying there was no clear evidence of it.

“During his tenure there has been the "smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years.”

PolitiFact says: Biden referred to 2022 data that showed a decrease in the wealth ratio between white and Black Americans to the smallest gap in 20 years. But a different measure showed it widened to its largest disparity since 1989.

“Former President Donald Trump said he wants to be a dictator on “Day 1.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1,” when he would close the southern border and drill for oil. Trump later said he was joking.

“Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices.”

PolitiFact says: Since President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20, 2021, wage growth has trailed the rate of inflation. However, Biden said "incomes," which are defined differently from wages, and for that, the data backs him up.

“The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn.”

“Sen. JD Vance “says there’s no climate change happening.”

FactCheck.org says: The senator acknowledged in November 2022 that “climate change is certainly happening,” which was a few months after he said there was no “climate crisis” and questioned how much humans contribute to the changing climate

“Trump "talks about there’d be a bloodbath if he loses.”

PolitiFact says: Trump’s remarks during a March speech in Ohio came in the context of speaking about Biden’s plans for electric vehicles, which Trump said would harm the U.S. auto industry.

“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”

PolitiFact says: Lawmakers, presidents and political candidates have been targeted. U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., was injured in a 2011 shooting and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was injured in a 2017 shooting.

“In 2020, nine NATO members reached an alliance goal of spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense, and that number rose to 23 members in 2024, recent NATO data shows.”

PolitiFact says: In 2020, nine NATO members reached an alliance goal of spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense, and that number rose to 23 members in 2024, recent NATO data shows.

“By the way, in terms of my neurological capacity, I had a physical, a neurological physical as well, in February. It’s released. I released all my records. All of them. And I have a neurological test every day.”

Washington Post says: Neurologic exams were conducted but not a cognitive test. Biden has not released all of his medical records.

“U.S. share of global semiconductor production capacity used to be 40%, "and we're down to virtually nothing.”

FactCheck.org says: In a May report, the Semiconductor Industry Association, along with the Boston Consulting Group, said the U.S. share of global fab capacity is currently 10%.

“Nosotros bajamos el precio de los medicamentos recetados, lo cual es un tema importante para muchas personas, $15 por una inyección de insulina, en lugar de $400".”

PolitiFact says: La Ley de Reducción de Inflación que Biden firmó en 2022, limitó el precio mensual de la insulina a $35 para los miembros de Medicare a partir de 2023.

“Trump "he wants to get rid of Social Security.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump has consistently said he will not cut Social Security and has advised Republicans against doing so. As president, Trump did not propose cuts to Social Security retirement benefits.

“Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.”

PolitiFact says: On CNBC in March, Trump said, "There’s a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting." But Trump quickly walked that statement back and his campaign website says that not "a single penny" should be cut.

“Today, record numbers of Black Americans have ... health insurance.”

PolitiFact says: The Black uninsured rate fell to 10% in 2022, the last full year with available data. That’s a record low.

“The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded.”

PolitiFact says: Biden is right on the numbers, but he leaves out that a complex constellation of events outside Donald Trump's control drove the spike, including disruptions from the pandemic and George Floyd-related racial reckoning.

“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”

PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden said southwest border crossings are down because of US-Mexico cooperation. Border Patrol data shows encounters at the border dropped, but experts said it’s hard to pinpoint a single reason.

“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.”

PolitiFact says: For his entire term, inflation has outpaced wages. But wages have outpaced inflation compared to right before the pandemic, and for the past year and the past two years.

“The racial wealth gap is the lowest it’s been in 20 years because of our efforts.”

FactCheck.org says: A 2023 paper from Federal Reserve Board staffers does show that the wealth ratio between white and Black families in 2022 was the smallest in 20 years, but the gap in absolute dollars was the widest going back to 1989.

“Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act.”

PolitiFact says: After years of Trump’s anti-ACA rhetoric and action, the former president’s stated change of position represents an important detail that Biden’s statement fails to acknowledge.