AP FACT CHECK: Biden puffs up claims of virus, job gains

President Joe Biden has offered an expansive self-appraisal of his first year in office

WASHINGTON -- In a self-appraisal that didn't always fit with the facts, President Joe Biden on Wednesday made the dubious assertion that he's outperformed all expectations on the pandemic in his first year and inflated his contribution to COVID-era economic growth.

A look at some of Biden's comments in a news conference that stretched for nearly two hours:

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BIDEN on COVID-19: “I didn’t overpromise. I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen.”