Six Claims From Biden’s 2023 State Of The Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered his 2023 State of the Union before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

Here are six checks on his claims made throughout the speech.

Claim 1: “As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs – more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years.”

Since Biden has taken office, the U.S. economy has added around 12 million jobs, according to the St. Louis Fed. This included 517,000 jobs in January 2023, which was more than the 187,000 estimated, according to CNBC. 

Biden has seen greater job growth over his first two years in office than any other president has seen in four years of office, according to PolitiFact. However, using percentage increase instead of raw numbers, Biden is in the middle, trailing behind presidents like Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan, the outlet reported.