A new biography of President Barack Obama by Dave Maraniss reveals the “New York girlfriend” described in the president’s 1995 memoir, Dreams of My Father, was actually a “compression” combining stories from several women he dated over the years.

“During an interview in the Oval Office, Obama acknowledged that, while Genevieve was his New York girlfriend, the description in his memoir was a “compression” of girlfriends, including one who followed Genevieve [Cook] when he lived in Chicago,” Mr. Maraniss wrote. Read More