{"id":2226890,"date":"2024-04-22T07:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-times-biden-has-injected-fiction-into-his-biography\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T07:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:23:57","slug":"five-times-biden-has-injected-fiction-into-his-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-times-biden-has-injected-fiction-into-his-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Instances of Fiction in Biden&#8217;s Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ffive-times-biden-has-injected-fiction-into-his-biography%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=2226890&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 Joe Biden has a well-known \u200dtendency to embellish stories from his past, a trait\u200d that has persisted throughout his time in office. These exaggerations often involve adding elaborate \u200dand sometimes implausible details to otherwise factual events. Despite \u2062scrutiny from fact-checkers, Biden continues to recount these embellished anecdotes. President Joe Biden is notorious for embellishing stories from his past, \u200ba habit that spans his tenure in office. These embellishments typically include embellished and occasionally implausible \u200bdetails in otherwise true events. Despite being fact-checked, Biden persists\u2063 in sharing these exaggerated narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One consistent aspect of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s time in the White House has been his tendency to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2970009\/biden-unfounded-idea-uncle-cannibals-in-world-war-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"exaggerate\">exaggerate<\/a> stories about his past.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tendency to exaggerate, which goes back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/1987\/09\/22\/biden-admits-errors-in-school-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decades\">decades<\/a>, typically involves stories with an element of truth that get stretched with new and often hard-to-believe details. Biden sometimes gets called out via fact checks, yet blows through them faster than a speeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/30\/politics\/fact-check-biden-amtrak-angelo-negri-miles-traveled\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Amtrak train\">Amtrak train<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five examples of the phenomenon. <\/p>\n<h2>\u201cThere were a lot of cannibals\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The latest exaggeration came while Biden visited the war memorial in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where his uncle Ambrose J. Finnegan\u2019s name is listed on the wall. That led the president to launch into a story about Finnegan.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>NEW: Biden tells heartbreaking story about his uncle Ambrose Finnegan, better known as Uncle Bozey, says he may have been eaten by cannibals.<\/p>\n<p>After telling a story about how his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals, Biden then connected it to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was shot down. He was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/COQAxrxrIA\">pic.twitter.com\/COQAxrxrIA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1780660440340844879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-suggests-unfounded-idea-about-his-uncle-and-cannibals-in-world-war-ii\/\" title=\"Biden floats unsubstantiated claim about his uncle and 'cannibals' during WWII\">flew single-engine planes<\/a>, reconnaissance flights over New Guinea. He had volunteered because someone couldn\u2019t make it. He got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals in New Guinea at the time,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThey never recovered his body, but the government went back when I went down there, and they checked and found some parts of the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden used the story in a roundabout way to bash former President Donald Trump, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonLeopold\/status\/1301673157699407873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disputed<\/a> claim that the former president refused to visit a cemetery for American soldiers in France because he thought they were \u201csuckers\u201d and \u201closers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But military records contradict nearly every detail of Biden\u2019s story about his uncle, instead noting that Finnegan\u2019s plane crashed in the ocean due to engine failure. Biden also backed out of a planned visit to New Guinea last year, and there are no records of any search that found parts of Finnegan\u2019s plane.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cJoey Baby!\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>One of the president\u2019s most oft-cited tales involves an Amtrak train conductor named Angelo Negri, who informed him that he had traveled more miles on Amtrak than on Air Force Two as vice president.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Biden once again tells the false story that an Amtrak conductor named Angelo Negri told him how many miles he traveled on the train, which never happened because the guy died before this conversation could have conceivably occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Even outlets like CNN have pointed it out.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pUguZSkl68\">pic.twitter.com\/pUguZSkl68<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1691520393847218176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite Biden\u2019s fondness for it, the story cannot be true, as CNN has <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/06\/politics\/fact-check-biden-repeats-amtrak-joey-baby-story\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. Negri retired from Amtrak in 1993 and died in 2014. Biden did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-repeats-debunked-amtrak-story-at-delaware-rail-event\/\" title=\"Biden reiterates false Amtrak tale at Delaware rail event.\">surpass 1 million miles flown<\/a> as vice president until September 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI almost lost my \u201967 Corvette and my cat\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Another story the president has told on many occasions involves a 2004 house fire at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. As the president tells it, the fire spread, and \u201cI almost lost my wife, my \u201967 Corvette, and my cat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Biden tells Maui wildfire victims, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to compare difficulties, but\u2026&#8221; then tells a made up story about losing his house to a fire.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2004 AP report, it was \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-speaking-to-maui-fire-victims-compares-deadly-wildfires-to-his-small-kitchen-fire\/\" title=\"Biden compares deadly wildfires to his kitchen fire while addressing Maui fire victims.\">small fire\u2026contained<\/a> to the kitchen\u201d that \u201cwas under control in 20 minutes.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNY0Tyatg7\">pic.twitter.com\/DNY0Tyatg7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1693783865993973931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe [firefighters] ran into flames, and saved my wife, and saved my family,\u201d Biden said. \u201cNot a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joke or not, the story stretches the truth. An <em>Associated Press<\/em> story from 2004 reported that lightning did strike Biden\u2019s home, starting \u201ca small fire that was contained to the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire was under control in 20 minutes,\u201d the local fire chief said. <\/p>\n<h2>\u201cThis is Big Mama, no room\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The president told a colorful story about driving an 18-wheeler from Delaware to Ohio as a young senator, including an encounter with the first female truck driver he\u2019d ever met \u2014 Big Mama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a United States senator driving my truck,\u201d Biden quoted his passenger as telling Big Mama, hoping to get through a blockade tied to a union strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the damn president in mine,\u201d Big Mama responded. \u201cSo what?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Biden tells a story about \u201cBig Mama\u201d and how he used to drive an 18-wheeler. <\/p>\n<p>Biden has literally never driven an 18-wheeler. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zjTpKnJxr4\">pic.twitter.com\/zjTpKnJxr4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1511048586288672774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to PolitiFact, Biden has claimed more than once to have driven a big rig but has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/dec\/03\/joe-biden\/no-joe-biden-wasnt-tractor-trailer-driver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"never driven one\">never actually done so<\/a>. The outlet says the president did once ride along on a truck drive from Delaware to Ohio, however, so Big Mama may be out there somewhere.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI don\u2019t want the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-barr-destroys-his-name-for-all-eternity-his-actions-today-confirm-he-is-just-another-card-carrying-swamp-rat\/\" title=\"AG Barr Destroys His Name for All Eternity - His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat\">damn thing<\/a>\u201d<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Biden\u2019s suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals is not the only time he has told an exaggerated claim about an uncle of his. Back in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?524921-1\/presidential-town-hall-veterans-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden recalled awarding\">Biden recalled attempting to award<\/a> his Uncle Frank a long-lost Purple Heart after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-met-secretly-with-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom Met \u2018Secretly\u2019 With Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Ahead Of Election\">elected vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden recounted during a town hall event that his father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., asked him to give his uncle, Frank Biden, a Purple Heart for his service in the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I \u2014 my dad, when I got elected vice president, he said, \u2018Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u2019\u00a0He was not feeling very well now \u2014 not because of the Battle of the Bulge. But he said, \u2018And he won the Purple Heart.\u00a0And he never received it.\u00a0He never \u2014 he never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We\u2019ll surprise him,&#8217;\u201d Biden said at the time. \u201cSo we got him the Purple Heart.\u00a0He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge.\u00a0And I remember he came over to the house, and I came out, and he said, \u2018Present it to him, OK?\u2019\u00a0We had the family there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden continued, \u201cI said, \u2018Uncle Frank, you won this. And I want to\u2026.\u2019\u00a0He said, \u2018I don\u2019t want the damn thing.\u2019 No, I\u2019m serious. He said, \u2018I don\u2019t want it.\u2019\u00a0I said, \u2018What\u2019s the matter, Uncle Frank?\u00a0You earned it.\u2019\u00a0He said, \u2018Yeah, but the others died.\u00a0The others died. I lived. I don\u2019t want it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Joe Biden says after he was elected VP, he awarded his Uncle Frank with a Purple Heart he earned at the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence any of that is true \u2014 and Biden&#8217;s uncle died in 1999, while Biden wasn&#8217;t elected VP until 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FlJLjFAE4A\">pic.twitter.com\/FlJLjFAE4A<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1603959244578951168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the story is heartfelt, it <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\" title=\"doesn't add up\">doesn\u2019t add up<\/a>. For one, Biden\u2019s father died in 2002, six years before Biden was elected vice president, meaning he couldn\u2019t have been part of the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Frank Biden died even earlier, in 1999, so he too could not have received a Purple Heart from his nephew after 2008. Furthermore, there is a lack of evidence that Frank Biden was awarded a Purple Heart during the war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has a history of exaggerating stories, a trait evident throughout his time in the White House. These exaggerated tales, dating back years, usually start with a kernel of truth and then embellished with unbelievable details. 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