{"id":1778838,"date":"2022-12-17T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T01:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778838"},"modified":"2022-12-17T20:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T01:18:02","slug":"biden-claims-his-uncle-won-purple-heart-during-world-war-ii-battle-but-details-make-bidens-story-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-claims-his-uncle-won-purple-heart-during-world-war-ii-battle-but-details-make-bidens-story-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Claims His Uncle Won Purple Heart During World War II Battle, But Details Make Biden\u2019s Story Impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-claims-his-uncle-won-purple-heart-during-world-war-ii-battle-but-details-make-bidens-story-impossible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> claimed Friday that someone in his family won the Purple Heart for his actions during a famous battle in World War II \u2014 however, there is reportedly no evidence to substantiate Biden\u2019s claims and key details make it impossible for the story to be true.<\/p>\n<p>The president \u2014 who is notorious for making up stories, making embarrassing gaffes, or forgetting basic details \u2014 made the remarks on Friday at a Delaware Veterans Summit and PACT Act Town Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The story was about Biden\u2019s uncle Frank, who he claimed fought in the Battle of the Bulge, Nazi Germany\u2019s last major offensive campaign during the war where the Nazis failed to split the allied forces, paving the way for the allies to win the war.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/12\/16\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-delaware-veterans-summit-and-pact-act-town-hall-new-castle-de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>You know, I \u2014 my dad, when I got elected vice president, he said, \u201cJoey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u201d He was not feeling very well now \u2014 not because of the Battle of the Bulge. But he said, \u201cAnd he won the Purple Heart. And he never received it. He never \u2014 he never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We\u2019ll surprise him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So we got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over to the house, and I came out, and he said, \u201cPresent it to him, okay?\u201d We had the family there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I said, \u201cUncle Frank, you won this. And I want to\u2026\u201d He said, \u201cI don\u2019t want the damn thing.\u201d (Laughter.)\u00a0 No, I\u2019m serious. He said, \u201cI don\u2019t want it.\u201d I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter, Uncle Frank? You earned it.\u201d He said, \u201cYeah, but the others died. The others died. I lived. I don\u2019t want it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, Biden\u2019s father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., died in September 2002, more than six years before Biden became vice president in the Obama administration, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/16\/biden-claims-his-uncle-frank-won-purple-heart-but-story-doesnt-add-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Biden died even earlier, in 1999, more than nine years before Biden became vice president.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that an extensive search of multiple record databases did not find any evidence that Frank Biden was ever awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obamas-wh-doctor-on-bidens-mental-fitness-were-going-to-have-to-explain-to-the-american-people-whats-going-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama\u2019s WH Doctor On Biden\u2019s Mental Fitness: \u2018We\u2019re Going To Have To Explain To The American People What\u2019s Going On\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden claimed Friday that someone in his family won the Purple Heart for his actions during a famous battle in World War II \u2014 however, there is reportedly no evidence to substantiate Biden\u2019s claims and key details make it impossible for the story to be true. 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