Posted on 12/23/2023 11:03:56 AM PST by Libloather
Joe Biden may be known to some by the nickname Middle-Class Joe, but the former vice president and current president is actually a millionaire, many times over. At the start of his 2020 presidential campaign Biden released his financial information - disclosures as well as state and federal tax returns for 2016, 2017, and 2018 - and based on those forms, Forbes estimated that he had a net worth of $9 million.
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Here, take a look back at how he earned his fortune.
Before Biden became Vice President, he served as a Senator from 1973 to 2009.
Over the course of his tenure, his salary increased from $42,500 per year to $174,000 per year, according to the Senate's historical records. When he was elected Vice President, he got another raise, earning roughly $230,000 a year.
Since leaving the VP office, Biden has made a hefty sum off of book deals and speaking engagements.
As recently as November 2009, Joe Biden's net worth was less than $30,000, according to CBS, but life post-vice presidency has been quite lucrative for President Obama's former number two. When Biden released his financial disclosures in July of 2019, they showed that he and his wife Jill had earned more than $15 million in 2017 and 2018.
More specifically, the Bidens reported an adjusted gross income of roughly $11 million in 2017 and $4.6 million in 2018. The bulk of that number comes from a multi-book deal with Flatiron Books valued at $8 million per Publishers Weekly, but the Bidens also earned a sizable income from speaking engagements.
The AP reports that Biden's basic speaking fee was $100,000, but it ranged from $40,000 to $190,000. The New York Times also notes that Biden made additional unpaid speaking engagements during this time which are not listed...
(Excerpt) Read more at townandcountrymag.com ...
Chicom bribes not mentioned.
He put his own branDUHnomics to work?
He saw his opportunities and he took ‘em!
China, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and many more we have not yet heard about.
Book deals and “speaking engagements.” — Nothing but payoffs. How many weeks did his books spend atop the NYT Best Seller list?
Ukraine either.
Book deals and speaking fees are just some of the ways to launder money to polotitions.
No one reads their books or goes to here them speak.
Nice Fairy Tale that conveniently leaves out the cash he and Hunter extorted from the Ukrainians and nothing about his bribes from China.
He has 5 multi million dollar homes in the best real estate on $200k speaking engagements?
This is pure propaganda
Speaking fees for FJB?? LOL....the idiot can barely speak.
“ He has 5 multi million dollar homes in the best real estate on $200k speaking engagements?
This is pure propaganda!”
Fodder for the stupid among us.
There’s also that 10% to the Big Guy thingy.
Ya. Not to mention he doesn’t speak nor write. He’s made billions on a few fake $200 k gigs
There’s a house I want. It’s 4.5 million in good real estate in ny. 35k per year in taxes yearly. It’s about 60 million all said before staff.
That x 5. Who is this writer kidding?
Not to mention Hunter, James, and all the Biden clan and their shell companies.
Flatiron Books, owned by Macmillan which is owned by the company George von Holtzbrinck started. George has an interesting background……..
Mike Gallagher was talking about this a couple of weeks ago.
Although I can’t recall the exact numbers, of the last 6 POTUS every single one came out worth millions more than before elected.
W being an outlier because the Bushes were already multimillionaires.
The only POTUS to come out being worth less?
DJT
and never had a real job in his entire life
Joe sold the DuPont house a while ago. I think he current has three house, or two…
Two well know methods of receiving kickbacks...
What a crock and bull shit story. No mention of the kickbacks he received through Hunter as the big guy. Biden has been on the take for years.
Bkmk
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