Just looked up whether former presidents actually collect Social Security and turns out Biden does - way more than the average person too. His 2023 tax return shows he pulled in about $3,570 a month from it, which is nearly double the average benefit of around $2,000. His wife gets another $1,784 monthly.

Makes sense when you think about it though. The guy was a senator for 36 years starting back in 1972 when that was actually decent money, then VP for 8 years and president for 4. Higher lifetime earnings mean higher Social Security payouts - that's just how the system works.

So yeah, to answer the question of does Joe Biden collect Social Security - he absolutely does, and he's collecting pretty solid checks because of all those years in government. Kinda wild seeing the actual numbers from his tax filings though. Got me wondering what other politicians are pulling in from Social Security but those returns aren't always public.