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President Biden repeated a claim that he had been fact-checked for in the past, telling an audience on Tuesday that he traveled 17,000 miles with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

President Biden repeated a claim on Tuesday that he had been fact-checked for in the past, telling an audience that he traveled 17,000 miles with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"I spent a lot of time with Xi Jinping," Biden said during his remarks at an event touting the Biden "Cancer Moonshot" initiative in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Biden Insists Kamala Harris Is Not as Far Left as Her Platform Suggests

"I spent over 80 hours with him alone. Over 17,000 miles in China, anywhere in Tibet, near Tibet."

Biden's claim that he has traveled more than 17,000 miles with Xi has previously been fact-checked and considered primarily inaccurate, however.

Biden Insists Kamala Harris Is Not as Far Left as Her Platform Suggests

He has made the claim many times over several years and was fact-checked by the Washington Post in 2021. "Try as we could, however, we still could not get the travel to add up to 17,000 miles," wrote the publication.

Biden was given three pinocchios for his claim.

Biden Insists Kamala Harris Is Not as Far Left as Her Platform Suggests

According to the Post, this number of pinocchios means there is "significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions." It is comparable to a rating of "mostly false."

The White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.

Biden Insists Kamala Harris Is Not as Far Left as Her Platform Suggests

Biden announced $150 million in ARPA-H awards to develop technologies that will allow surgeons to provide more successful tumor-removal surgeries for people facing cancer at the event in New Orleans.

After having dropped out of the 2024 presidential race last month and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him, Biden is now reportedly focusing on the causes that are most personal for him in his remaining months as president.

Biden Insists Kamala Harris Is Not as Far Left as Her Platform Suggests

Cancer research is of "immense importance" to the president, an aide told CNN.