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Mhm. And *** very select minimum group of people have had the privilege of certainly being married at the White House either inside or outside. Typically it is the daughter of *** president of growth over Cleveland was the president himself who was married in the White House in the Blue room. There have been some examples of senior staff members who have been married at the White House Pete Souza, you know the White House photographer was married there in the Rose garden. So there are exceptions to presidential family members, but there have only been really 18 I believe official president and first lady acknowledged wedding ceremonies to take place at the White House in all of its history. I think that there were *** lot of people that would have loved to have had *** Jenna Bush White House wedding. She instead chose to be married at the ranch in Crawford texas, but did do *** reception back at the White House. But it is true that President's daughters do get married at places other than the White House, even within the same family, the last formal east room wedding was by chuck robb and Lynda johnson robb but her sister lucy had *** reception at the White House and got married outside the White House here in Washington, D. C. So even within *** family like the Johnsons, they can choose to do different things. This is the actual notebook that is Tricia Nixon's wedding planning notebook for the White House. It's all, no computer generated anything. It's all the handwritten notes, all the instructions for the food service for the florist, the seating charts, the printing samples of the napkin and other things. And it's really *** treasure to see, just like *** normal bride today would have *** planning *** wedding planner and all these details. You can imagine how much more the details are important to *** White House wedding. And this is really *** special, cool book that we're privileged to have.
President Biden is a great-grandfather
President Joe Biden added a new title on Wednesday: great-grandfather.His granddaughter, Naomi Biden Neal, gave birth to her first child, a boy, with husband Peter Neal at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby's name is William Brannon Neal IV, according to an Instagram post from the first lady that included a photo of her and the president with their new great-grandson.Biden, who was in Los Angeles and saw the baby at the hospital, announced the birth at the end of an official briefing on wildfires in Southern California."The good news is I'm a great-grandfather as of today," Biden said.Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, spent about 40 minutes visiting Naomi and the baby, the White House said. Biden had told USA Today in an interview published Wednesday that she was having a caesarian section that day. The president and first lady arrived in Los Angeles late Monday after visiting New Orleans to mourn with the community after the deadly New Year's Day vehicle attack in the French Quarter. The president had an event scheduled Tuesday in California, but his announcement of new national monuments was postponed because of the wildfires. Naomi Biden, 31, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and his former wife, Kathleen Buhle. Hunter Biden, now a grandfather, has four other children, including a 4-year-old son, Beau, who is now an uncle. With the new addition, Joe Biden, 82, is believed to be the first sitting president to become a great-grandfather while in office.Naomi Biden and Peter Neal were married in November 2022 during an elaborate White House ceremony that was the first involving a president's granddaughter and the first held outdoors on the South Lawn. She announced her pregnancy on Election Day, Nov. 5, with an Instagram selfie of her baby bump captioned, "We Voted."___Superville reported from Washington. Former AP News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
LOS ANGELES —
President Joe Biden added a new title on Wednesday: great-grandfather.
His granddaughter, Naomi Biden Neal, gave birth to her first child, a boy, with husband Peter Neal at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby's name is William Brannon Neal IV, according to an Instagram post from the first lady that included a photo of her and the president with their new great-grandson.
Biden, who was in Los Angeles and saw the baby at the hospital, announced the birth at the end of an official briefing on wildfires in Southern California.
"The good news is I'm a great-grandfather as of today," Biden said.
Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, spent about 40 minutes visiting Naomi and the baby, the White House said. Biden had told USA Today in an interview published Wednesday that she was having a caesarian section that day.
The president and first lady arrived in Los Angeles late Monday after visiting New Orleans to mourn with the community after the deadly New Year's Day vehicle attack in the French Quarter. The president had an event scheduled Tuesday in California, but his announcement of new national monuments was postponed because of the wildfires.
Naomi Biden, 31, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and his former wife, Kathleen Buhle. Hunter Biden, now a grandfather, has four other children, including a 4-year-old son, Beau, who is now an uncle.
With the new addition, Joe Biden, 82, is believed to be the first sitting president to become a great-grandfather while in office.
Naomi Biden and Peter Neal were married in November 2022 during an elaborate White House ceremony that was the first involving a president's granddaughter and the first held outdoors on the South Lawn.
She announced her pregnancy on Election Day, Nov. 5, with an Instagram selfie of her baby bump captioned, "We Voted."
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Superville reported from Washington. Former AP News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
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