The Washington Post: “Biden’s first run for the presidency more than three decades
ago exploded in a controversy over plagiarism. Without credit, Biden’s stump speech
included lines lifted from a speech given by Neil Kinnock, then leader of the British
Labour Party.”

“Biden tried to hang on, but then reporters discovered he has flunked a class in a law
school for submitting a paper that borrowed heavily from another law review article
without proper citation. The coup de grace came when Newsweek reported that Biden
had made false or exaggerated claims about his law school record during a discussion
months earlier with voters in New Hampshire…”

Here are a few examples from The Washington Post’s analysis:

* Biden did not go to Syracuse Law School on a “full academic scholarship.” It was a half scholarship based on financial need.
* He didn’t finish in the “top half” of his class. He was 76th out of 85.
* He did not win the award given to the outstanding political science student at his undergraduate college, the University of Delaware.
* He didn’t graduate from Delaware with “three degrees,” but with a single B.A. in political science and history.