As he prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday on Sunday, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, is hosting the wedding of his granddaughter Naomi at the White House this Saturday, an unprecedented event that, however, the press is staying away from. . Naomi Biden, 28, attorney, wife Peter Neal, 25, law degree.
It’s not entirely unusual for the tall white columned building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, decked out for the occasion with garlands of white flowers, to host nuptials.
The White House Historical Association recorded that eighteen marriages had already taken place there, after for example that of Richard Nixon’s daughter in 1971, and that of Barack Obama’s official photographer, Pete Souza, in 2013.
A “private” event being discussed
The White House, according to the same source, has also hosted wedding receptions held elsewhere on four occasions, including that of George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna in 2008. But this is the first time a president has home there with her granddaughter. .
The services of Joe Biden, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on Sunday, were scant with details about the wedding, described as a private event and completely closed to the press, which is debating.
“Weddings at the White House have been covered by the press because this place belongs to the American people and because the President’s participation is an event of national importance,” tweeted NBC journalist Kelly O’Donnell, future president of the White House Correspondents Association. the White House. .
A great place in the Joe Biden environment
the New York Times However, he revealed some details: the two bride and groom, who would currently live in the White House, will exchange their vows there before a lunch and then a gala evening.
The future bride, eldest daughter of Hunter Biden, the youngest son of the Democratic president, announced her engagement last September on her Instagram account, in which she alternates vacation snapshots, family photos of the Biden clan and social snapshots. The President of the United States is very close to his grandchildren, who call him “Pop” and are often seen next to him, even at official events.
Naomi takes her name from the first daughter of Joe Biden, who died while still a baby in an accident that also claimed the life, in 1972, of the first wife of the US president. The press attributes great importance to her in the private circle of the US president, and indicates that she encouraged her grandfather to run for president in 2020.
Source: BFM TV
