Did Joe Biden shower with daughter
Executive summary
Ashley Biden’s private diary contains an entry describing childhood showers with her father as “probably not appropriate,” a passage that leaked and was later confirmed by her as real in court filings about the theft of her journal [1] [2] [3]. That diary’s theft and sale to conservative activists, and the way it was used politically, are documented, but independent authorities have not validated the diary’s account as proof that President Joe Biden committed sexual misconduct [4] [5].
1. What the record actually says: a diary, a phrase, and a court letter
Reporting shows that a handwritten journal attributed to Ashley Biden included an entry in which she described showers with her father as “probably not appropriate,” language that circulated widely after portions of the diary were published online [1]. Ashley Biden later acknowledged that portions of the diary were real in communications tied to the criminal case about the theft, writing to a judge about the emotional harm caused when her private journal was stolen and sold [3] [2].
2. How the material surfaced — theft, sale, and political motives
The provenance of the passages is tied to a criminal scheme: two individuals pleaded guilty to stealing Ashley Biden’s diary and selling it to conservative activists and Project Veritas operatives, who paid for the items, and prosecutors said one defendant acted in part to harm Joe Biden’s campaign [4] [3]. Project Veritas figures and a right‑wing blog published or circulated the diary material before the 2020 election, which is why the disclosure is entangled with clear political intent [1] [4].
3. What government authorities have and have not confirmed
Official statements and reporting make a crucial distinction: the FBI prosecuted the theft of the physical property but did not confirm the diary’s disputed contents or pronounce their truth, and fact‑checking outlets warn against treating the bureau’s case as validation of the more sensational claims [5]. In short, law enforcement has documented the criminal sale of personal property but not authenticated the diary as an evidentiary finding of misconduct.
4. Competing narratives and the role of partisan media
Right‑leaning outlets and social media amplified the diary passages as proof of impropriety by Joe Biden, while fact‑checkers and mainstream outlets have cautioned that such postings mix an unverified personal account with explicit political objectives tied to the diary’s theft and sale [1] [5]. The actors who acquired and disseminated the journal were motivated, at least in part, by a desire to influence public opinion during a presidential campaign, which creates a clear incentive to publicize the most damaging interpretations [4].
5. What the available reporting does not establish
The current public record documents a diary entry describing showers as “probably not appropriate,” the theft and sale of that diary, and Ashley Biden’s statements about the pain caused by the theft [1] [4] [3]. It does not, however, provide independent corroboration that Joe Biden engaged in illegal or sexually abusive conduct in the shower; no official finding or criminal charge to that effect appears in the sources provided [5]. Where reporting is silent, this analysis makes no claim beyond noting the gap.
6. How to weigh the evidence responsibly
Given the combination of a personal account in a stolen journal, the political motives of those who obtained and distributed it, and the lack of corroborating law‑enforcement confirmation, the prudent conclusion is that the diary contains an assertion by Ashley Biden that she considered childhood showers with her father “probably not appropriate,” but that assertion stands separate from any independently verified finding that Joe Biden committed sexual misconduct [1] [4] [5] [3]. Readers should distinguish between a victim’s documented statement in a private journal and proven criminal wrongdoing established by corroboration or adjudication.