It depends.
Please note that you can't double-dip. Education expenses used to justify a 529 withdrawal can't be used to claim education credits.
If you claim your son as a dependent, you only can claim his education credit.
If he is not your dependent, he only can claim his education credit.
Please read this TurboTax article on Who Can I Claim as a Tax dependent?
The following is an extract of an IRS document:
Who can claim a dependent's education expenses. If a student is claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return, all qualified education expenses of the student are treated as having been paid by that person. Therefore, only that person can claim an education credit for the student. If a student is not claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return, only the student can claim a credit.
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