In 2005 joe biden s brother james bought an acre of land with excellent ocean views on a remote island in the caribbean for 150 000. And of course the former vice president. Water island is a 500 acre spit of land in the u s.
After the land deal joe biden vacationed elsewhere on the tiny island which once protected a nearby submarine base before it became a tropical getaway on at least three occasions. Later the lobbyist gave biden s brother a mortgage loan on the remaining parcels. Joe biden and his family traveled to water island several times during his vice presidency but did not stay on his brother s or green s land which remains undeveloped.
Joe biden s brother wriggled out of paying some of the 1 million in compensation he owes the family of a young father killed in a horrific car crash more than 20 years ago after creditors found. Subsequent transactions related to that land raised questions about a lobbyist s ties to the bidens though politico said it was unclear if joe biden who later became vice president. Politico reported in january 2020 that james biden joe biden s brother in 2005 bought ocean view property on water island off one of the main islands st thomas and around eight miles from epstein s.
He then applied for and received an easement to. In may 2005 james biden purchased an acre of land on water island for 150 000. Virgin islands at a substantial profit to a well connected lobbyist who then extended a mortgage to james on the remaining two parcels.
Financial records reviewed by politico show that joe biden s brother james sold one of his three parcels of land in the u s. This article was produced by the reuters fact check. Joe biden does not own an island in the u s.
The land deal was related to joe biden s brother james not joe biden. He divided it into three parcels and the next year a lobbyist. In 2005 joe biden s brother bought an acre of land with excellent ocean views on a remote island in the caribbean for 150 000.
Vice president joe biden with his family and entourage spent a christmas week with us as did a us senator governor and the head of a labor union.
Joe biden brother island. Biden tied lobbyist bought island property from biden s brother gave him mortgage loan water island. Shipwreck has hosted famous guests who value privacy like actors brad pitt and cate blanchett.
Shipwreck has hosted famous guests who value privacy like actors brad pitt and cate blanchett. Biden tied lobbyist bought island property from biden s brother gave him mortgage loan water island.
