Fact check: Did Biden raise the retirement age or did his administration?

1. Summary of the results

Based on the analyses provided, neither President Biden nor his administration raised the retirement age. The sources consistently show that:

• The current full retirement age of 67 for people born in 1960 or later is the result of amendments to the Social Security Act implemented in 1983, not recent Biden administration actions ^[1]
• Instead of raising the retirement age, the Biden administration has actually expanded Social Security benefits through the Social Security Fairness Act, which Biden signed into law in January 2025 ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• This legislation increased benefits for over 2.1 million retirees and 700,000 surviving spouses, particularly affecting retired teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public employees ^{[3] [4]}

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original question lacks crucial context about the actual retirement age changes and proposals:

• The Republican Study Committee in the House is currently proposing to raise the full retirement age to 69 by 2033, which would impact 257 million Americans and result in a 13% annual cut in benefits for those affected ^[5]
• The retirement age increase to 67 was part of a long-term plan to protect the Social Security Trust Fund that was enacted decades ago, not a recent policy change ^[6]
• Republican lawmakers would benefit politically from pushing narratives that blame the current administration for unpopular retirement age changes, when in fact they are the ones proposing further increases
• Conservative fiscal hawks benefit from confusion about who is responsible for retirement age changes, as it deflects attention from their own proposals to further reduce Social Security benefits

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question contains an implicit false premise by suggesting that either Biden or his administration raised the retirement age. This framing:

• Incorrectly attributes retirement age changes to the current administration when the actual changes were implemented in 1983 ^[1]
• Omits the fact that Biden has actually expanded Social Security benefits rather than restricting them ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Ignores the reality that it is Republican lawmakers, not the Biden administration, who are currently proposing to raise the retirement age further ^[5]
• Creates a misleading narrative that could benefit those who oppose Social Security expansion by falsely attributing unpopular policies to the wrong political party