The 2024 presidential election is coming up on Nov. 5. Former President Donald Trump is running for a second term as the Republican nominee, with Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. VERIFY has rounded up fact checks on popular claims the two candidates have made, as well as claims made about them, ahead of the election.
For VERIFY’s fact checks on Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, click here.
Immigration
Trump’s claim that illegal immigration was at its lowest when he left office is false
No, deportations under Trump were not ‘the highest ever’
Economy
Yes, Trump’s campaign has unpaid bills in multiple U.S. cities
Yes, Trump’s proposed tariffs would raise costs for Americans
Yes, Republicans lifted the debt ceiling without spending cuts under Trump
Claim Trump can make tips tax-free needs context
Fact-checking Trump’s political ad on the economy
Trump quote about cereal prices being $100 a pound is fake
No, Donald Trump did not lower taxes on billionaires and raise them on everyone else
No, Trump didn’t lose more manufacturing jobs than any other president, like Walz claimed
Health
VERIFYING Kamala Harris’ claim that Trump tried to cut Medicare every year he was president
VERIFYING the difference between $35 insulin caps under Biden and Trump
Yes, gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners was available during the Trump administration
What we can VERIFY about the Republican Party’s stance on IVF
Speeches
VERIFYING claims from the presidential debate between Harris and Trump
VERIFYING claims from Trump’s Republican National Convention speech
VERIFYING claims from the presidential debate between Trump and Biden
Other
What we can VERIFY about Trump’s connections to Project 2025
No, Donald Trump does not currently support cutting Social Security
No, Trump hasn’t called for a ban on video games
Trump did not call Republicans the ‘dumbest group of voters’ in a 1998 People interview
Yes, Donald Trump’s campaign did use a plane once owned by Jeffrey Epstein
Former President [Trump] told Putin, ‘Do whatever you want
Yes, Trump-branded ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were made in China
Yes, Trump said he’d use the military against Americans he called ‘the enemy from within’
Donald Trump and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs television interview video is fake
Trump’s plane wasn’t diverted because he owes the Bozeman, Montana, airport money
Yes, Donald Trump did invite the Taliban to Camp David while he was president
Yes, Trump can still vote in Florida after felony conviction
Yes, President Joe Biden did briefly wear a Trump hat during a Sept. 11 visit in Pennsylvania
JD Vance
VERIFYING claims from the vice presidential debate between Walz and Vance
VERIFYING claims from Trump VP pick JD Vance’s RNC speech
What we can VERIFY about claims that JD Vance said women should stay in violent marriages
JD Vance’s military service record: What we can VERIFY
No, JD Vance’s Michigan rally didn’t have fewer than 20 attendees, as viral photo suggests
For more key facts about the Nov. 5 election to make you a more informed voter, read here.