evidence: President Joe Biden did receive five draft deferments, but they were granted because he was a student, first in college and then law school. Later, Biden underwent a physical exam and received a Selective Service 1-Y classification — which specified that he could be drafted only in a national emergency — because of his asthma. [...] "Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam," a Sept. 16 Facebook post claimed.