Naomi Biden shared an adorable photo of her son in an update from the hospital just five days after giving birth.
“Dear Wilie,” she wrote with a heart emoji, sharing a photo of her son wrapped in a blanket and wearing a hat.
Husband Peter Neal also showed off his family’s pride by showing a photo of himself and Naomi cuddled on the hospital bed with their son.
“30 fingers and 30 toes,” he wrote. In the photo, Naomi had her eyes closed but was smiling. Baby William appeared to be sleeping. Strands of brown hair stuck out of his baby hat.
William Brannon Neal, IV, was born by cesarean section on January 8 at Cedars Sinai Hospital. He is President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s first great-grandchild. He arrived weighing 10 pounds, 4 ounces.
The first couple visited him in the hospital the day he was born, when the California wildfires were raging just miles away.
Naomi’s father Hunter Biden and his second wife Melissa Cohen and their son Beau were seen arriving at the hospital as the presidential motorcade rolled in.
First Lady Jill Biden later shared a photo of her with the president. Biden holds his great-grandson. The first lady puts a hat on his head.
“30 fingers 30 toes,” Peter Neal wrote about son William Brannon Neal, IV, and wife Naomi
William Brannon Neal, IV, was born by cesarean section on January 8 at Cedars Sinai Hospital
First lady Jill Biden (left) and President Joe Biden (right) welcomed their first great-grandchild on Wednesday: William Brannon Neal, IV (center) – the son of Naomi Biden and her husband Peter Neal
The president and first lady were in California for what the White House said was an official visit.
Cedars Sinai Hospital is not in an evacuation zone.
The Bidens knew Naomi’s delivery date in advance.
Biden said USA todayin an interview conducted last week, that Naomi would have a C-section on Wednesday. And that he went to California to see her.
“I’m about to be a great-grandfather, Jesus God,” he said.
‘I’m going to California. She will undergo a C-section on January 8,” he added.
Naomi Biden, 30, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle.
William is Hunter’s first grandchild and the Bidens’ first great-grandchild.
Jill Biden addressed the Biden family news at a women’s health conference she hosted at the White House last month.
“We talked about this this morning: research that uses genetics to find a cause of extreme morning sickness, and I heard about this a few weeks ago, and I was especially interested because my own granddaughter was going through the same thing,” she said.
Then she broke into a big smile and announced, “Because we’re going to be great-grandparents!”
The room erupted in applause.
The Bidens spent Christmas together at the White House. Ashley Biden, the Bidens’ daughter, posted a family photo to her Instagram Story.
In it, Naomi stands in the back with her husband Peter, her belly hidden by other family members.
Naomi Biden (right), with husband Peter Neal (left), at a state dinner for Kenya in May. She kept her pregnancy a secret until Election Day. DailyMail.com reported that she was expecting the Kenyan state dinner the same month
Ashely Biden posted a family photo to her Instagram Story over Christmas, showing the entire Biden family celebrating the holiday at the White House
Naomi Biden announced her pregnancy on election night
Naomi Biden announced her pregnancy on the night of the 2024 presidential election with a post on her Instagram account.
“(We) voted,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, sporting a prominent baby bump with an “I voted” sticker on it.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed in May that Naomi and her husband Peter Neal were expecting their first child.
There has been speculation for months as she expected. There was talk of a state dinner in May.
Naomi, who is known for wearing form-fitting clothes for her slim figure, wore loose-fitting dresses several times when she was spotted out in public.
As she and Neal entered a White House state dinner for Kenya in May, Neal appeared to gesture to his wife’s stomach as they posed for photos.
As she leaned against him, what appeared to be a baby bump was visible in her long, roomy, pleated metallic cape and Diana Ayad dress.
At one point, Neal appeared to point to her stomach.
Naomi Biden and Peter Biden got married at the White House – above they attended the White House Correspondents Dinner in April 2022
Naomi Biden (right) also wore a flowy dress to a White House state dinner with Japan in April
A month earlier, Naomi wore another flowy dress during a state dinner at the White House with Japan.
She and Peter lived briefly in the White House before moving to Georgetown and then moving to the West Coast.
They married in a lavish ceremony on the South Lawn on November 19, 2022.
She was the first presidential grandchild to marry in the White House.