Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach in October 2023 amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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President Joe Biden recently visited his Delaware beach home, but this photo was taken in August
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A photo of President Joe Biden on the beach in Delaware was taken in August.
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He recently visited his Delaware home and was filmed walking on the beach.
Rapper 50 Cent recently shared a photo of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lounging on the beach paired with an Oct. 20 Daily Mail headline: "Biden hits the beach with Congress in chaos."
"Hey Joe get the fvck up, we in trouble man," 50 Cent wrote in the Oct. 22 post.
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The Bidens departed The White House on Oct. 20 for their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, according to the president's public schedule. They returned Oct. 23.
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But the photo in the Instagram post isn’t from that trip. It’s from Aug. 2.
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The Daily Mail caption says it shows the Bidens "reading and taking a nap on the beach during a trip to the shore in August."
Video footage from the recent October trip shows the Bidens walking along the beach.
But we rate claims that the photo of the Bidens lounging on the beach was taken in October 2023 False.
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Instagram post, Oct. 22, 2023
Factba.se, Joe Biden - President's Public Schedule, visited Oct. 25, 2023
The Daily Mail, Biden hits the beach on vacation as conflicts escalate: Israel preps ground invasion of Gaza as U.S. troops are targeted while Congress remains paralyzed without a House speaker, Oct. 20, 2023
Newsweek, Video of Joe Biden on the Beach Sparks Outrage From Republicans, Oct. 23, 2023
Alamy, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sit underneath an umbrella on a beach in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta), Aug. 2, 2023
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