2024-04-12 13:56:29
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden welcomed some famous people to the White House. His daughter and two of his grandchildren were also there.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted a state banquet on Wednesday in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida. Many prominent guests accepted the invitation to the White House, such as Hollywood star Robert De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen. Family members of the presidential couple were also present.
Ashley Biden is Joe and Jill Biden’s daughter – and also their only child. She appeared at the state dinner in a floor-length evening dress by Reem Acra consisting of a black skirt and a partially transparent bodice with gold-colored embellishments. The 42-year-old has been married to doctor Howard Krein since 2012. But he wasn’t accompanying her.
Instead of him, Ashley was accompanied to dinner by her niece Finnegan Biden. She wore an off-the-shoulder red dress with a leg slit. She is Joe Biden’s second eldest granddaughter and the second daughter of his son Hunter. At 23, she already has a degree in history and has also made official appearances as the granddaughter of the US President. For example, in May 2023, when she accompanied Jill Biden to the coronation of the British King, Charles III, and his wife Queen Camilla.
Finnigan’s older sister Naomi also didn’t miss the event at the White House. She arrived hand in hand with her husband Peter Neal and wore a floral dress by Bernadette. Her companion had chosen a black suit. 30-year-old Naomi is also a university graduate, including a degree from Columbia Law School. She then began her professional life as a lawyer. She has been married to Peter Neal since 2022, and the wedding took place in the White House.
The tragic family history of the Bidens
Joe Biden had a total of four children, making him a grandfather a total of seven times. In addition to Ashley, he had two sons Beau and Hunter and daughter Naomi from his first marriage to Neilia Hunter. However, the family was torn apart by strokes of fate.
Neilia Hunter and Naomi died in a car accident in 1972. Her daughter was only one year old at the time. Hunter later named his daughter Naomi after his sister, who died early. Joe Biden addressed the loss of a child two years ago after a deadly school shooting in Texas: “Losing a child is like losing a piece of your soul. There’s a hole in your chest; you get that feeling “That you get sucked in and never come out again, that you suffocate. It’s never quite the same again.”
The death of his daughter was not the only serious loss for Joe Biden. In 2013, Beau was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. He died two years later at the age of 46. He left behind his wife Hallie Olivere and their children, 19-year-old Natalie Biden and Robert Biden II, who is two years younger.
Hunter is also a father of several times. He has three children from his first marriage to Kathleen Buhle, from whom he separated in 2015. After Noami and Finnigan they got Maisy. However, her youngest daughter, who was born in 2001, was not at the state dinner. His fourth child was born in 2018 and his paternity was recognized in court. A year later he married Melissa Cohen and had his fifth child with her: Beau – he also named him after a deceased sibling. In 2017 it was also reported that he was temporarily in a relationship with his brother’s widow, Hallie Olivere.
For Joe Biden, family is very important. This became clear, among other things, when an old memo from 2014 surfaced. In it, the then vice president wrote to his employees: “I want to take a moment and make something clear to everyone. I do not expect, nor do I want, any of you to neglect or sacrifice important family obligations for work.”