Joe Biden didn’t just walk out of Washington in 2025 — he walked into the richest presidential pension in U.S. history. New analysis shows the 83-year-old former president is pulling in more than $417,000 a year in taxpayer-funded retirement checks, out-earning President Trump himself.
“It’s the biggest pension we’ve ever seen,” said Demian Brady of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. “Biden hit the jackpot.”
Biden’s windfall comes from a rare ability to stack multiple government retirement systems — something possible only because he spent half a century in Washington as a senator, vice president, and finally president. The result: a double-dipped pension haul bigger than his old White House salary.
Republicans call it a loophole. Critics call it corruption. Most Americans just call it outrageous.
Under the Former Presidents Act, Biden automatically gets more than $250,000 a year — the same as a Cabinet secretary. But his old Senate pension adds another six-figure check, bringing him to a level no ex-president has ever reached.
And the benefits don’t stop there.
For 2026, the Biden operation also secured more than $1.5 million in taxpayer-funded perks — including an eye-popping $727,000 for office space alone. There’s no cap on those expenses. No limit on location. No oversight on how the space is actually used.
“It’s for life,” Brady warned. “Taxpayers are stuck with the bill forever.”
The Trump administration is now pushing Congress to crack down on runaway presidential perks. Sen. Joni Ernst is reviving legislation to slash pensions and shut down taxpayer-funded offices that have long been used for book deals and political branding.
“Biden is making more in retirement than the current president does,” Brady said. “If that doesn’t signal it’s time for reform, nothing will.”
And Biden isn’t the only one cashing in. Members of Congress qualify for lifetime pensions after just five years — costing Americans nearly $40 million annually. Nancy Pelosi is set to collect more than $100,000 a year when she leaves in 2027.
Biden, however, remains in a league of his own — Washington’s most expensive retiree.
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this makes me sick, he deserves nothing!
Biden needs to be indicted for voter fraud , Afghanistan Political influence peddling . All his assets need to be confiscated and he belongs in jail for the rest of his life
No way! lolSent from my iPhone
Funny they won’t let us retired Military “double Dip”. As stated, I’m retired with a very modest $1,600 per month. But when VA Disability awarded me $175 for injuries received during Military service, they wouldn’t pay me both. So, I can keep my $1,600 and get no VA Disability or have the VA Disability paid but the amount deducted from my retirement! Geeeze Thanks for one’s service!
Over 50 years of incompetence and corruption and our governmental systems response is a taxpayer funded golden parachute that rivals corporate America. The cretin should receive nothing but a prison sentence in a cell next to his disgusting kids.
And the ripoff just never ends.