The younger Biden contradicts the older Biden's 2020 debate claim on earnings from China During the 2020 presidential debates, amid a fire hose of accusations — many fabricated — that Donald Trump made about Hunter Biden's business practices, candidate Joe Biden was clear in his response to a direct question from Kristen Welker, the NBC newscaster who moderated the Oct. 22 debate: In contrast to Trump, Biden claimed, his son had earned no money through business dealings in China. But now, nearly three years later, Biden's assertions have been rebutted by Hunter himself. In court testimony last week, the younger Biden acknowledged that he in fact had been paid substantial sums related to his business in China — the first official confirmation that this was the case. The revelation was important enough that we looked into the matter again. We ended up giving the president Four Pinocchios. Click the link to read our full fact check. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. Updates to previous fact checks on Hunter Biden Devon Archer, a former business partner of the president's son, was questioned by congressional investigators this week. The testimony showed how Hunter Biden used his relationship with his father, then the vice president, while Hunter worked to grow his business portfolio. But Archer repeatedly stressed that the younger Biden was not able to influence his father's actions or policy decisions and that "nothing of material" was ever discussed with Joe Biden. There were a couple of points he made that would be of interest to regular readers of The Fact Checker. Archer confirmed our report from last year that a $3.5 million payment from a Russian billionaire that congressional Republicans claimed was intended for Hunter was in fact for Archer's separate real estate dealings. Archer also disagreed with our reporting that Joe Biden only briefly attended a dinner held at Cafe Milano in 2015 with some of his son's business partners. We had quoted two attendees as saying that Joe Biden spoke only to one person, a Greek Orthodox priest who was a friend of the vice president. Archer recalled that Joe Biden stayed for the entire meal, which concerned a presentation on the World Food Program USA. (Hunter was chair of the fundraising arm of the U.N. humanitarian organization.) You can read the updated report by clicking the link. We're always looking for fact-check suggestions. You can reach us via email, Twitter (@GlennKesslerWP and @AdriUsero) or Facebook. Read about our process and rating scale here, and sign up for the newsletter here. Scroll down to read fact checks on claims made by President Biden | 
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