...Former Vice President Joe Biden admitted Friday morning on CNN that he lied numerous times about being arrested in South Africa for trying to meet with then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela.
...Biden has claimed on the campaign trail in recent weeks that he was arrested in the 1970s while trying to visit Mandela, the former president of South Africa.
...Biden confirmed that he lied Friday on "New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Berman."
...Previously, Biden had repeatedly claimed that he was "Arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see him on Robbens Island." Media outlets, including the New York Times, were unable to find any proof of this, and the arrest was never mentioned in Biden's 2007 memoir.
..."No, I was never arrested and I don't think he was, either," Young previously told the NYT. "Now, people were being arrested in Washington. I don't think there was ever a situation where congressmen were arrested in South Africa."
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