A video shows President Joe Biden “getting off plane with little boy dressed like girl.”
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That person with President Biden is his granddaughter, not a ‘little boy’
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- The person in the video with President Joe Biden is Natalie Biden, his granddaughter. It’s not a little boy.
A news clip showing President Joe Biden descending what appears to be Air Force One followed by someone in a dress has been repackaged for social media with misinformation.
"Biden getting off plane with little boy dressed like a girl," the March 15 post says.
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The person in the photo is Biden’s adult granddaughter, Natalie Biden, daughter of the late Beau Biden. She turned 18 in November, when the president posted a video of him and her as she voted for the first time.
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"I just turned 18," she said in the video that was posted to YouTube on Nov. 3, 2022.
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In March, she accompanied her grandfather to Las Vegas. Multiple news organizations, including Getty Images, the Las Vegas Sun and the Nevada Independent, reported on the trip and identified Natalie Biden by name in photo captions.
We rate claims this video shows Biden exiting a plane with a boy dressed like a girl False.
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Facebook post, March 15, 2023
Town & Country, Who Is President Joe Biden's Granddaughter, Natalie Biden?, Nov. 3, 2022
Las Vegas Sun, President Joe Biden Arrives in Las Vegas, March 15, 2023
Getty Images, Photo, March 14, 2023
YouTube, My granddaughter's first time voting, Nov. 3, 2022
Nevada Independent tweet, March 14, 2023
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That person with President Biden is his granddaughter, not a ‘little boy’
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