President Joe Biden repeated a questionable claim that he traveled over one million miles over the “36” years that he traveled on Amtrak in a recent interview.
Biden, who dates the story to his vice presidency, said that he was once grabbed by a conductor who calculated his Amtrak miles.
“One day as vice president I was going home on the train which the Secret Service doesn’t like because there’s so many opportunities to interrupt the train. And this particular guy, I’m not going to embarrass him and say his name, grabbed me on the cheek and goes, ‘Joey baby.’” The man then told Biden that he calculated his miles traveled on Amtrak.
President Joe Biden repeated a questionable claim that he traveled over one million miles over the “36” years that he traveled on Amtrak in a recent interview. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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