Fact Check: Did Biden Say He Ended up With ‘$280,000 in Debt’ After College?

Fact Check: Did Biden Say He Ended up With ‘$280,000 in Debt’ After College?
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden talks with a woman outside Lindy's Diner in Keene, New Hampshire on Aug. 24, 2019. Elizabeth Franz/Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A reporter claimed on Aug. 26 that former Vice President Joe Biden told a supporter in New Hampshire that he left college with “$280,000 in debt” but the video appeared to show him referring to paying for his children’s schooling.

Biden, 76, has made a host of misstatements amid memory lapses in recent weeks but this instance appears to have been misrepresented. He did mistake the type of college at which he was speaking.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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