AP FACT CHECK: Biden distorts Trump’s words on virus ‘hoax’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is presenting a distorted account of President Donald Trump’s words on the coronavirus, wrongly suggesting Trump branded the virus a hoax.
In fact, Trump pronounced Democratic criticism of his pandemic response a hoax.
Biden tweeted a video mashup of Trump’s rhetoric on the crisis, sampling the many times the president has underplayed the severity of the pandemic.A look:
BIDEN VIDEO: “Trump in public: ‘Hoax.’ Trump in privat