VOL. I · NO. 8567SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026
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Did Jill Biden babysit for Joe Biden before they dated? Here

Filed 1w ago · Via Snopes · The Buffoon Desk
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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0

A social media claim resurfaced in August 2026 alleging Jill Biden was a 15-year-old babysitter for Joe Biden's children when the couple began dating, with posts using an authentic photo paired with fabricated details.

Public records show Jill Biden was born in 1951 and Joe Biden in 1942, making them nine years apart; the two met in 1975 when Jill was a college senior in her twenties, three years after Joe's first wife died in a car crash.

The rumor, previously debunked in 2021 and 2025, relies on real photographs from 1975-1976 but attaches false captions about their ages and how they met; one 2026 version reportedly used a digitally altered image.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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The half-life of a debunked rumor apparently outlasts the marriage it lies about, resurrecting itself every year or two like a chain email that refuses to die. Basic subtraction defeats this claim every single time, which has never once stopped it from trending again.
Source: Read the original at Snopes → Scored: Merry Go Slower - Distressed · Kevin MacLeod · CC BY 4.0
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