Today's burning questions: Was Biden's uncle eaten by cannibals? Did Trump skip his kids' graduations?

Plus: Dublin's Molly Malone Statue Breasts Turned Golden from People Touching Them? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoBkF6P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvY2MxdzZ5YTdnay8_bGhfYWlkPTQ2MDA2OTImbGhfY2lkPTF4d3BpN3drc3NXA3NwY0IKZiF9vCNmHQpvvFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAABb) SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker April 20, 2024 Today's burning questions: Was Biden's uncle eaten by cannibals? Did Trump skip his kids' graduations? [Joe Biden speaking at a rally](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoBkF6P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcm95ZnRndGRnay8_bGhfYWlkPTQ2MDA2OTImbGhfY2lkPTF4d3BpN3drc3MmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZiF9vCNmHQpvvFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAABb) Biden Claimed His Uncle Was Eaten by Cannibals. Military Records Say Otherwise On April 17, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden was in Pittsburgh to deliver remarks about labor unions and steel manufacturing jobs. In the hours that followed, readers emailed Snopes to ask about one of Biden's comments — that his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., had never been found after his aircraft was shot down during World War II because of cannibals. "Did Biden say his uncle was eaten by cannibals? I think this was on Fox News," one reader asked. "Was Biden's uncle 'Bosie' eaten by cannibals as he suggests?" another person emailed. This claim gave us a lot to chew on. Jordan Liles investigated. 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