FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Smile At A Ques­tion About Par­don­ing Hunter?

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FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Smile At A Question About Pardoning Hunter?

A post shared on social media pur­port­ed­ly shows a video of Pres­i­dent Joe Biden smil­ing at a ques­tion about par­don­ing Hunter Biden.

Ver­dict: False

The video is edit­ed.

Fact Check:

Repub­li­can law­mak­ers have attacked Biden for his par­don of his son due to pre­vi­ous com­ments regard­ing the judi­cial sys­tem, Fox News report­ed. Sev­er­al Repub­li­cans took to social media to share Biden’s pre­vi­ous state­ment that “no one is above the law,” and use it crit­i­cize his recent deci­sion, accord­ing to the out­let.

A post shared on X, for­mer­ly known as Twit­ter, alleged­ly shows a video of Biden mis­chie­vous­ly smil­ing at a reporter who asked about the poten­tial of par­don­ing his son. Before Biden makes the face, a reporter in the audi­ence can be heard ask­ing if his son could get a par­don.

The cap­tion reads, “He prob­a­bly had it planned the whole time he was in the white­house just kept say­ing he wouldn’t.”

The claim is inac­cu­rate. The video dates back to May 2024 when Biden was asked about Trump’s com­ment claim­ing that he is a polit­i­cal pris­on­er. Biden then turned and smiled at the ques­tion.

The post stems from a satir­i­cal account called The Gas Stove. The account’s bio reads, “I break sto­ries, call out hyp­ocrites and occa­sion­al­ly gaslight. AOC tried to ban me, jokes on her.  (RELATED: Did Joe Biden Agree To A Recount Of The 2024 Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tion?)

This is not the first time mis­in­for­ma­tion has cir­cu­lat­ed online. Check Your Fact recent­ly debunked a claim Michelle Oba­ma regrets endors­ing Kamala Har­ris.