Biden’s Claim That His Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals Might Actually Be His Most Plausible Tall Tale Yet

Both on the campaign trail and in the White House, President Joe Biden has regaled the American public with ever more eyebrow-raising anecdotes of his apparently storied life. His latest one: cannibals may have been responsible for the disappearance of his uncle during World War II.

During a campaign visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, last week to talk to local steelworkers, the president brought up his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose Finnegan, affectionately known as “Uncle Bosie.” Finnegan was serving in the Pacific theater of World War II when he and several of his crewmates went missing on May 14, 1944, after their flight from Los Negros Island to Nadzab Airfield in New Guinea crashed.