Topic: J Caleb Boggs

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Episode 1456 2:23:19 - 2:29:07

1456: Verbate

Joe Biden Annapolis Speech, Biographical Discrepancies

President Joe Biden's commencement speech at the Naval Academy included several anecdotal claims that have come under scrutiny. Biden claimed he was appointed to the Academy in 1965 by Senator J. Caleb Boggs, though records show he was in law school at the time. He also claimed to have played rugby in law school, a detail that researchers have been unable to verify in university athletic records.