Billy Graham and President Nixon had a close friendship that extended beyond the pastoral into conversations about policy. BILLY GRAHAM premieres Mon May 17 at 9/8c on PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/billy-graham | American Experience | PBS

President Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. Watch our documentary on the 37th president at pbs.org/presidents. | American Experience | PBS

On August 3, 1948, former Communist Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that Alger Hiss and other government officials were party members. HUAC took up Chambers’ accusations half-heartedly—except for a dogged freshman Representative named Richard Nixon. Stream THE LIE DETECTOR on YouTube and the PBS app. | American Experience | PBS