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Election 2020
NPR Staff, NPR

Fact check: Biden's address to the DNC, annotated

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Joe Biden is addressing the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
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Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president on the fourth night of the convention.

The speech caps a week of virtual programming around the 2020 Democratic ticket, including addresses by vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, the Obamas and the Clintons, as well as activists and rising politicians. Follow our convention coverage here.

Here are fact checks and analysis of the former vice president's remarks below.

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