What travel records or flight logs exist for Epstein's island and do they mention Biden?
Executive summary
The public record includes flight logs, an address book and thousands of pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that have been released in phases and made searchable by news organizations, and those released flight logs and court documents do not list Joe Biden or Barack Obama as visitors to Epstein’s island (Little Saint James) [1] [2]. Multiple independent fact‑checks and searchable databases of the flight logs and address book find no mention of Biden or Obama in the publicly released materials, though some widely circulated social‑media lists that include their names have been debunked [2] [3] [4].
1. What travel records exist and where they came from
The core travel records that reporters and researchers have relied on are Epstein’s private‑jet flight logs and an address book, plus thousands of pages from civil litigation and government evidence seized after his arrest; those materials have been uploaded and made searchable by news outlets and third‑party projects such as Business Insider and Zeteo, and the Justice Department itself released a “first phase” of declassified files that included a flight log and evidence list [1] [5] [3].
2. What the flight logs actually show
The flight logs contain names and entries showing many known associates and passengers — for example, Bill Clinton and Naomi Campbell appear in those records and have been widely reported — and the logs have been used to corroborate some travel connections to Epstein’s properties, although presence on a log does not by itself prove location or conduct [3] [5]. Journalists and fact‑checkers also note that while the logs document many flights, they do not definitively show every trip to Little Saint James and other investigatory materials remain redacted or withheld for legal reasons [3] [6].
3. Do the logs or released documents name Joe Biden?
Searches of the publicly released flight logs, the address book and the newly unsealed court documents find no mentions of Joe Biden (nor of Barack Obama) as visitors, and major fact‑checking outlets and archives report that Biden’s name does not appear in the released materials — claims that social posts listing him as an island visitor have been shown to be false or unsupported by the records made public so far [2] [4] [3].
4. Why confusion and false lists spread
A mix of partially accurate records, older “guest lists” of uncertain provenance, and viral screenshots has produced many erroneous compilations; fact‑checkers found that a popular 166‑name list matched the newly unsealed documents for only a minority of entries, and the majority were not present in the court releases, flight logs or address book [4]. Political actors and commentators have also amplified claims about who appears in the files — for instance, public statements asserting that presidential administrations “made up” or concealed Epstein files have been disputed on timing and evidentiary grounds by independent reviewers [7] [6].
5. What the public record does not yet show and the limits of available documents
While thousands of pages and images have been released — including photographs from Little Saint James — other categories of material remain legally constrained or redacted, such as grand jury testimony, certain digital evidence and explicit victim‑identifying material; the Justice Department and congressional committees control large volumes of documents and have released portions in phases, so absence of a name in the public tranche does not necessarily mean investigators never saw it in closed files [1] [6] [8]. Reporting so far is clear that in the materials now public, Biden’s name does not appear as a listed visitor to Epstein’s island, but journalists note the broader archive is complex and partially sealed [2] [1] [6].