Q. I am a bit confused as I thought that answering - No, my earned income provided less than half of my support, would disqualify him for the AOC credit?
A. That is correct. You've answered something wrong, in the interview. Wrong birthday is the primary suspect. You should not even get the earned income question, because you shoulda previously answered that he did not pay for half his living expenses (with any kind of $).
Simply saying that somebody will be claiming him as a dependent would disqualify him.
