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The claim

Joe Biden lives in a large estate bought on a senator's salary

Original publisher’s rating

False

Reviewed by USA TODAY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says Biden no longer owned or lived in the pictured home: he sold it in February 1996 after owning it for two decades. It also says he had not earned a senator’s salary since becoming vice president in 2009.[S1]

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  1. [S1] USA TODAY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026

Original review: USA TODAY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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