Mr Biden's has made the claim that he travelled more than 17,000 miles (27,000 kilometres) with Xi many times – so many times, in fact, that The Washington Post's fact checking team felt compelled to investigate it in detail a couple of months ago.
Short version: the figure is absurdly, bafflingly inaccurate.
There is no way Mr Biden and Xi travelled together for anywhere near that distance. The kindest interpretation the fact-checkers came up with only yielded a total of 5600 miles.
Asked about it, a White House official conceded the 17,000 number was not correct.
It's unclear why the President keeps saying it when it's so obviously untrue.
Short version: the figure is absurdly, bafflingly inaccurate.
There is no way Mr Biden and Xi travelled together for anywhere near that distance. The kindest interpretation the fact-checkers came up with only yielded a total of 5600 miles.
Asked about it, a White House official conceded the 17,000 number was not correct.
It's unclear why the President keeps saying it when it's so obviously untrue.