Top 6 Most Bizarre Biden Lies

Joe Biden has a long history of completely fabricating stories, embellishing the truth and misleading the American people. Here are six of his most absurd claims and stories.

1. Biden claims he was arrested for protesting for civil rights

During a speech in Georgia on January 11, Biden again claimed that he was arrested protesting for civil rights as a young teenager. Biden has told the story at least five times since 2017 — in three tellings, he said he was arrested for standing on a Black couple’s porch and in two others he said police merely brought him home. However, little evidence exists for any version of Biden’s story.

The Washington Post gave the claim Four Pinocchios and Politifact rated the claim False.

2. Biden says he was a semi truck driver

In a November, 2021 speech in Minnesota Biden said, “I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.” It appears, though, that the president was confused. In law school, Biden had a summer job driving a school bus and he once rode along in a semi truck as a senator — but “there is no evidence” he ever drove a semi. 

3. Biden invents story about a deceased Amtrak conductor

Biden, who calls himself “Mr. Amtrak”, has repeatedly told a fabricated story about an encounter with an Amtrak conductor. Biden says the conversation happened during his final year as vice president, but the conductor retired in 1993 and passed away in 2014 — years before Biden says the incident happened. CNN called the story “false” despite Biden saying he “swears to God” it’s a true story.

4. Biden falsely claims his house burned down with Jill Biden inside

In late 2021 during a speech in New Hampshire, Biden repeated an exaggerated story about his house catching on fire that he first told in 2013. During the latest retelling he said he “had a house burn down with my wife in it” and in 2013 he said the fire destroyed a “significant portion” of his home. In reality, it was a “small fire contained to the kitchen.”

5. Biden claims to have visited the Tree of Life synagogue — he hadn’t

In a speech denouncing anti-semitisim, Biden recalled spending time at the Tree of Life Synagogue, which had been the site of a horrific shooting. But the synagogue’s executive director said, “Biden’s claim about ‘spending time at’ and ‘going to’ Tree of Life is false; he did not go to the synagogue.”

6. Biden told a fake story about being arrested in South Africa three times

During a campaign event in February 2020, Biden said “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.” This was the third time he told a similar story. PolitiFact says this is a “Pants on Fire” claim — and Biden was even mocked for the fabricated tale during an SNL skit.