Biden Heads to Weekday Villa to Celebrate Wife's 70th Birthday

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] To celebrate the 70th birthday of Jill Biden, wife of U.S. President Joe Biden, an unusual choice was made to visit the weekend house on a weekday.

On the 2nd (local time), President Biden left the White House late in the afternoon and headed to the weekend house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. A family event to celebrate Jill Biden's 70th birthday, which will be on the 3rd, is expected to take place. The Bidens are scheduled to return to the White House on Friday, the 4th.

Born in 1951, Jill Biden is the first First Lady in U.S. history to have a career. She recently finished online classes as an English composition professor at Northern Virginia Community College and reportedly has no classes during the summer.

President Biden purchased this weekend house, located two blocks from the beach, in 2017 for $2.7 million (approximately 3 billion KRW).

Although Biden was relatively poor during his time as a senator, after finishing his term as vice president, he joined the ranks of the wealthy by signing a book deal worth $8 million (approximately 9 billion KRW).

At the time, Biden said, "Jill and I dreamed of buying a house near the beach where we could gather the whole family while working," adding, "I feel very fortunate to be able to do that."

In a past interview with Vogue magazine, Jill Biden said, "My husband promised, 'If you write a book, I will buy you a beach house,'" and added, "I wanted a place where I could come back barefoot in a wet swimsuit, and we got that house."

This is the first time President Biden has visited the weekend house since taking office. He has mostly spent weekends at his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

President Biden married Jill Biden in June 1977, about four years after his first wife and daughter died in a car accident.

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