President Joe Biden has been questioned over his claim that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck, with evidence only suggesting he once rode in one for a night in 1973.
Biden was caught off-camera by a local news channel's microphone during a visit to a Mack Truck facility in Pennsylvania, making the claim that he had driven such trucks before.
'I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man,' Biden was heard saying on Wednesday in a video later posted to Twitter. 'I got to.'
President Joe Biden has been questioned over his claim he made on Wednesday while visting a Mack Trucks facility (pictured) that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck
A video shared by local news station 69 WFMZ showed audio of president Biden claiming 'I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man'. The claim appears to have been debunked on social media
Large trucks such as the one Biden gave a speech in-front of during the visit to the facility require a special licence to drive, and there is scant evidence that he has ever driven an 18-wheeler truck as he was heard claiming.
'There is *zero evidence* that Biden 'used to drive an 18 wheeler,"' tweeted the RNC's Zach Parkinson, who is also the director of 'RNC Research' whose twitter account posted the video online.
'The extent of Biden's trucking experience is that he **rode in** a truck once, for one night in 1973 (he made sure to return home by plane though),' her said.
Parkinson cited a 1973 opinion piece written by Biden, then a Democratic senator, in which he recalled taking a 536-mile ride from his home state of Delaware to Ohio in a '47,000 pound cargo truck'.
Biden wrote at the time: 'I made the trip because I wanted a firsthand account from the truckers, who say they carry 50 per cent of all the goods shipped within the United States. They make a case worth listening to.'
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