Unverified social media claims alleging a fatal plane crash involving the Biden family near the Canadian border are completely false and lack evidence.
A dramatic social-media claim alleging that former President Joe Biden, former first lady Jill Biden and one of their grandchildren were killed in a plane crash near the Canadian border is circulating online, but no credible evidence has emerged confirming the reported deaths. The post is designed to resemble a breaking-news alert and invokes the name of Fox News while using urgent language suggesting that the alleged crash happened only āa few minutes ago.ā Similar versions of the claim have appeared across multiple websites and social-media channels in September. However, searches of current reporting have not identified a corresponding Fox News report, government announcement, aviation-authority statement or major news organization confirming that Biden, Jill Biden or a Biden grandchild died in an aircraft accident. The allegation should therefore be treated as an unverified social-media claim, not as confirmed news.
The wording of the posts follows a familiar pattern seen in online misinformation. Terms such as āJust In,ā āBreaking,ā and āFox Newsā are prominently used to create the impression that the information has already been confirmed by a major news organization.
The claim also invokes the sudden deaths of highly recognizable public figures, increasing the likelihood that readers will react emotionally and share the material before checking the source. But mentioning a news organization does not establish that the organization published the report.