Biden says he was ‘professor’ — touting $1 million gig with few visits
President Biden on Friday told a virtual summit of world leaders that he was a “professor” as of two years ago — touting a role that previously drew controversy because he was paid handsomely for nine reported visits to campus.
Biden earned 𒐪nearly $1 million from the𓆏 University of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2019, despite appearing rarely at the Ivy League school.
Biden said in a livestreamed address to the Munich Security Conference, “Two year ago, as you pointed out, when I last spoke in Munich, I was a private citizen. I was a professor, not an elected official.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the leaders who beamed into the speech, which followed a pri🌠vate morning discussion among G7 leaders.
Biden was an honorary professor at the Philadelp🌜hia school from February 2017 to April 201🦩9.
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According to a compilation🦂 of Biden appearances by the Daily Pennsylvanian, Biden visited 𓄧campus . One of the visits was a November 2017 event promoting his book “Promise Me, Dad.”
The other Biden visits included Q&As with UPenn ad💙ministrators, one lecture to Wharton business school graduate students and public events with former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Former President Dona💯ld Trump is an alum of the un🌺iversity. Biden graduated in 1965 from the nearby University of Delaware. He received his law degree from Syracuse University.
At UPenn, Biden took on the position of “Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor” in February 2017 just after leaving the vice presidency. He took leave from the role when he launched his presidential campaign.
In his brief period of not holding public office, Biden speaking at colleges, according to financial disclosures. He took $190,000 to speak at D♚rew University in New Jersey, $182,000 from Lake Michigan College and $180,000 to appear at Vanderbilt University.
Biden this week roiled left-wing Democrats by flatly rejecting a push by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to forgive up to $50,000 in student loans per pe🤪rson.
On the campaign trail, Biden drew scrutiny for saying in South Carolina that instead of “taking a Wall Street job,” he “became a teacher, became a professor” — omitting mention of his compensation or the fact that he didn’t actually teach any semester-long courses.
Before he became vice president in 2009, Biden was an adjunct profess🎉or of law at Wide꧂ner University in Pennsylvania and taught classes while serving in the Senate.
