Joe and Jill Biden wrap up their beach vacation and return to their Wilmington home after the Secret Service makes security upgrades
Joe and Jill Biden left their beach house in Rehoboth on Friday and made their way to their home in Wilmington, returning for the first time in months after the Secret Service made some security upgrades.
Details about the changes to their 6,850-square-foot Wilmington home weren’t available, but the Bidens were last there over Memorial Day weekend in May.
The couple had spent a week at their $2 vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, leisurely biking on the beach and even went on one date night complete with dinner and a movie.
On Friday morning, they boarded Marine One at a park near their vacation home and flew to Wilmington, where they will stay until Monday.
While the first couple has enjoyed some peace, Donald Trump was indicted in Washington DC on four federal charges related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. And Devon Archer, their son Hunter’s former business partner, testified before Congress about Hunter’s dealings with foreign companies.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden depart Marine One upon their arrival in Wilmington, Delaware, after a week at Rehoboth Beach
The Bidens purchased their home in Rehoboth Beach, a popular Atlantic Ocean resort town, in 2017. The 4,786-square-foot home features six bedrooms plus five bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, three fireplaces, and numerous decks and porches.
The couple has installed an in-ground swimming pool, and it even has an outdoor dog washing station for their German Shepherd Commander.
Rehoboth Beach uses the slogan ‘The Nation’s Summer Capital’ because of its proximity to Washington DC
The popular boardwalk has shops, food stands and all the ice cream the president – who is known for his sweet treats – could want.
But security concerns kept him from the popular main road.
Instead, he went to church. He went to the beach. He cycled. And he even caught a wink after he and Jill took a nighttime walk on the beach to see the super moon lighting up the night sky.
And they enjoyed the sunny skies during their week-long vacation.
“Hard to complain about this weather,” Biden told the press about his trip.
Joe and Jill Biden’s Wilmington home received Secret Service upgrades
Marine One departs Rehoboth Beach for Wilmington on Friday
‘No,’ said President Joe Biden on Thursday when asked if he would watch Donald Trump’s arraignment in Washington D.C.
Joe and Jill Biden biked almost every day of their week in Rehoboth Beach
President Joe Biden takes a nap on the beach on Wednesday
Biden cycled nearly every day of his vacation, whizzing around the 5-mile loop at Gordon’s Pond — a popular bike path near his home. Jill Biden was often with him.
Locals who biked, ran and walked the trail were swept by the Secret Service when Biden was training. A crowd waited at the entrance to wave at him as he drove by.
Twice during their downtime, the Bidens traveled to the public beach near their home, where crowds of onlookers were stopped by a ring of Secret Service agents.
Phones were held up to capture the pair chilling on the beach. A few people even got snaps of Biden without his shirt on Sunday — images that quickly went viral on social media.
Later in the week, Biden was caught napping on the beach after a night out with the first lady.
He was also seen taking calls and looking at his iPhone. At one point, he handed it to the first lady to show her something on it.
Jill Biden continued reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead, which the book-loving first lady was reading in her spare time. She also made sure to stock up on some sunscreen and even took a walk to the water.
Jill Biden puts on her sunscreen
First lady Jill Biden reads as President Biden turns a blind eye
The pair lazed on the beach after their date night on Tuesday, where the Bidens had a seafood meal at Matt’s Fish Camp before heading to the local theater to see Oppenheimer, the movie about the man who developed the nuclear bomb.
The film is a summer hit that attracts a lot of attention in the award ceremony.
“It was riveting,” Biden told reporters after he finished watching the three-hour epic.
They ended the evening with a romantic walk on the beach to see the supermoon, when a full moon occurs near the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. The president had put his arm around the first lady.
President Joe Biden talks to the first lady
President Joe Biden and Jill Biden pack up after their lazy afternoon at the beach
A ring of Secret Service agents guarded the first couple
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are silhouetted by column lights as they walk the beach to see the supermoon
Biden returns to Washington DC on Monday.
He heads to the West Coast next week to visit Arizona, Utah and New Mexico to talk about his green energy initiatives and how his administration is helping combat the record high temperatures plaguing the country.
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