Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump

During a speech in South Carolina on Feb. 27, Joe Biden touted his record as president while criticizing his successor, President Donald Trump. But during his remarks, Biden made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims.

The former president claimed that his administration created "2.2 million additional jobs" during his last year in office compared with "185,000 jobs" in the first year of Trump's second term. But the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data show Biden inflated jobs added on his watch and undersold jobs added under Trump.

He claimed that the economy experienced "record growth" during his administration, which is not supported by data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. There was higher quarterly and annual economic growth under other presidents.