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 in the hospital, announced the birth at the end of an official briefing on wildfires in Southern California.
“The good news is that as of today, I am a great-grandfather,” 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 had a C-section that day.
The president and first lady arrived in Los Angeles late Monday visiting New Orleans to mourn with the community following the deadly New Year’s Day vehicle attack in the French Quarter. The president had planned an event in California on Tuesday, but his announcement of new national monuments was postponed because of the forest fires.
Naomi Biden, 31, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle. Hunter Biden, now a grandfather, has four other children, including a four-year-old son, Beau, who is now an uncle.
With the new addition, 82-year-old Joe Biden is likely to become the first sitting president to become a great-grandfather while in office.
Naomi Biden and Peter Neal got married in November 2022 in an elaborate ceremony at the White House, the first involving a president’s granddaughter and the first held outdoors on the South Lawn.
She announced her pregnancy on Election Day, November 5, with an Instagram selfie of her baby bump with the caption: ‘We Voted.’
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Superville reported from Washington. Former AP News researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.