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First lady Jill Biden, left, learns the proper technique to pass a baton from head women's relay coach Mechelle Freeman, center, of USA track and field, during a visit to the team's training facility, July 25, 2024, in Eaubonne, France. (AP) First lady Jill Biden, left, learns the proper technique to pass a baton from head women's relay coach Mechelle Freeman, center, of USA track and field, during a visit to the team's training facility, July 25, 2024, in Eaubonne, France. (AP)

First lady Jill Biden, left, learns the proper technique to pass a baton from head women's relay coach Mechelle Freeman, center, of USA track and field, during a visit to the team's training facility, July 25, 2024, in Eaubonne, France. (AP)

Jeff Cercone
By Jeff Cercone July 25, 2024

Claims that Jill Biden was at the White House and in Paris at same time are Pants on Fire!

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  • A viral video shared on X doesn’t show first lady Jill Biden in Washington, D.C., and Paris at the same time.

  • Biden was at the White House where President Joe Biden gave a primetime speech about exiting the presidential race. Soon after, she left on a flight for Paris to lead the U.S. Olympic delegation.

First lady Jill Biden had a long night.

First, she watched President Joe Biden give a prime-time speech from the Oval Office about his decision to end his reelection bid. Then she hopped on a plane from Washington, D.C., for a long flight to Paris, where she is leading the U.S. delegation for the opening of the Summer Olympics.

But to some social media users, these two different events are evidence of a deep-state conspiracy. 

"THEY ARE GETTING SLOPPY Jill Biden in Paris … ALONE (more than an 8 hour trip away) AND at the White House with ‘Joe Biden’ AT THE SAME TIME," said a July 25 X post that shared a split-screen video showing the first lady arriving in Paris next to one of her standing next to the president outside the White House after his speech.

We found multiple X posts sharing the same or similar language and the same video, including one that said it was the "deep state" that was "getting sloppy," and referring to "Joe Faux Biden."

The X posts shared a video and language from Matt Wallace, a Trump supporter who has a blue-check X account that means the platform gives his posts algorithmic priority. Wallace posted the video and claim on X, but later deleted the post. Wallace recently shared false rumors on X that Joe Biden was dead and that the president was being "held under the White House.

We reached out to Wallace through an X message, but didn’t immediately hear back.

There is no Jill Biden doppelganger in Paris, despite these claims. News reports from Washington, D.C., and from Paris show that the first lady was in two places in two different time zones, but clearly not at the same time.

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Jill Biden watched her husband tell voters why he dropped out of the race for president. News photos show her in the Oval Office with the president.

Then she left for Paris, on a previously scheduled trip to lead the U.S. Olympics delegation.

President Joe Biden stands with first lady Jill Biden on July 24, 2024, after he addressed the nation from the Oval Office. (AP)

A press pool report (in which a reporter shares information with other outlets when access to official events is limited) from CNN reporter Betsy Klein shows that Jill Biden was "wheels up for Paris" at 10 p.m. ET July 24.

Biden arrived in Paris at about 4:39 a.m. ET, 10:39 a.m. local time, July 25, a second pool report said. That’s a six-hour, 39-minute flight. She emerged from the plane at 5:01 a.m. ET, 11:01 a.m. local time, the report said.

Vanessa Valdivia, the first lady’s press secretary, also said in an X post she shared at 5:22 a.m. ET that they had arrived in Paris, sharing an image of Jill Biden waving as she exited Air Force Two.

X post claims that Jill Biden was in Washington, D.C., and Paris at the same time defy the law of physics. We rate them Pants on Fire!

Our Sources

X post, July 25, 2024 (archived)

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X post, July 25, 2024 (archived)

X post, July 25, 2024 (archived)

White House press pool reports, July 24 and 25

Vanessa Valdivia, the first lady’s press secretary, X post, July 25, 2024

The Daily Beast, Emotional Biden Family Joins Joe for ‘Pass the Torch’ Speech, July 24, 2024

CNN, Jill Biden travels to Paris Olympics as her husband passes the torch, July 25, 2024

WBNS 10TV, First Lady Jill Biden arrives in France for Olympics, July 25, 2024

White House, President Biden Announces Presidential Delegations to Paris, France to Attend the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, July 12, 2024

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