Naomi Biden
Biden on her wedding day in 2022
Born
Naomi King Biden

(1993-12-21) December 21, 1993
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
OccupationLawyer
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Peter George Heermann Neal
​
​
(m. 2022)​
Parent(s)Hunter Biden
Kathleen Buhle
FamilyBiden

Naomi King Biden (born December 21, 1993) is an American lawyer. She is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle, and a granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden.[1] She grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School and works as an associate at the law firm Arnold & Porter.

A member of the First family of the United States, she lived in the White House with her grandfather and step-grandmother Jill Biden from August 2022 until March 2023. Biden accompanied them on official visits to China, Brazil, Turkey, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago while they were serving as Vice President and Second Lady.

In November 2022, she became the first granddaughter of a president to marry at the White House. According to the White House Historical Association, her wedding was the first to take place on the South Lawn.

Early life, education, and family

Biden was born on December 21, 1993,[2][3] to Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle.[4][5] She has two younger sisters, Finnegan and Roberta ("Maisy"), a half-brother named Beau from her father's second marriage to South African filmmaker Melissa Cohen, and one half-sister from her father's relationship with Lunden Alexis Roberts.[6] The eldest grandchild of U.S. President Joe Biden, she was named after his daughter, Naomi Christina Biden, who at age 1 was killed, along with his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden,[1][7] in a 1972 car crash.[4][1] Her grandfather married Jill Biden in 1977.[8]

Naomi King Biden grew up in Washington, D.C.[1] She attended Sidwell Friends School, a private Quaker school in Washington, D.C.[9][10] Biden majored in international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a classmate and friend of Tiffany Trump, both graduating in 2016.[11][12] Biden later earned her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 2020.[1]

Public life and career

Biden (center) on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago in 2013

Biden attended the 2008 Democratic National Convention with her family, prior to the 2008 United States presidential election.[13] In May 2013, she accompanied her grandfather and step-grandmother, at the time the Vice President and Second Lady of the United States, on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago.[14] While there, Biden met with Christian and Anura Carmona, the children of President Anthony Carmona.[14] She later accompanied the vice president on official visits to Brazil, China, Turkey, and New Zealand.[3]

Biden encouraged her grandfather to run in the 2020 United States presidential election against incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump, calling a family meeting in 2019 to persuade him to enter the race.[3][15][16] She gave a speech supporting her grandfather in a video that played during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[7][15] Biden works as an international arbitration associate attorney at Arnold & Porter, having started with the law firm in 2020.[1][15]

Personal life

Biden met Peter George Heermann Neal, an associate at Georgetown Law's Center on National Security, in East Hampton, New York on June 8, 2018, after being set up on a date by a mutual friend.[17] In August 2021, the couple moved into the White House.[1] In September 2021, Neal proposed to Biden in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On November 19, 2022, the couple married in a joint Catholic-Presbyterian ceremony held on the South Lawn of the White House.[18][10][19] Her grandparents, Joe and Jill Biden, hosted a wedding luncheon in the State Dining Room of the White House.[18] According to the White House Historical Association, it was the first wedding to ever be held on the South Lawn, and was the first time a president's granddaughter was married at the White House.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Burack, Emily (November 21, 2022). "Joe Biden's Granddaughter Naomi Biden Is Living at the White House". Town & Country.
  2. ↑ Kreienberg, Maggie (November 19, 2022). "Joe Biden's 7 Grandchildren: Everything to Know". People.
  3. 1 2 3 Bonner, Mehera (April 11, 2022). "Everything You Need to Know About Naomi Biden and Her Fancy White House Wedding". Cosmopolitan.
  4. 1 2 Newman, Meredith; Jagtiani, Sarika; Sharp, Andrew (September 26, 2019). "Hunter Biden: Who is former Vice President Joe Biden's son mentioned in Ukraine-Trump call?". USA Today.
  5. ↑ "Biden's granddaughter Naomi ties knot in White House wedding". Politico. Associated Press. November 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ Lakritz, Talia (November 16, 2022). "Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi is getting married at the White House. Meet his 6 grandchildren, whom he calls every day". Insider.com.
  7. 1 2 Bennett, Kate (November 18, 2022). "Biden granddaughter gets married, offering youthful spin for president turning 80". CNN.
  8. ↑ Lakritz, Talia. "Joe Biden calls Jill 'the love of my life and the life of my love.' Here's a timeline of their relationship". Insider.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ Entous, Adam (July 1, 2019). "Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign?". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Malle, Chloe (November 22, 2022). "Exclusive: Naomi Biden On Her White House Wedding". Vogue. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ Petit, Stephanie (June 10, 2018). "Tiffany Trump Buddies Up with Joe Biden's Granddaughter Naomi in the Hamptons". People.
  12. ↑ Geringer, Dan (May 15, 2016). "Tiffany Trump and Naomi Biden graduate Penn, dad and granddad looking on". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  13. ↑ "A Guide to Joe Biden's Big Family Ahead of Granddaughter Naomi Biden's White House Wedding". E!. November 19, 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Vice President Joe Biden's granddaughters talk with President Anthony Carmona's children" (Press release). The White House. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 Bennett, Brian (November 18, 2022). "What We Know About Naomi Biden's White House Wedding". Time.
  16. ↑ "Joe Biden's Grandkids Reflect On Close Relationship With Their 'Pop' | TODAY All Day" – via www.youtube.com.
  17. ↑ Rogers, Katie (November 14, 2022). "What We Know About Naomi Biden's White House Wedding". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  18. 1 2 "The President and First Lady Announce the Marriage of their Granddaughter Naomi Biden to Peter Neal" (Press release). The White House. November 19, 2022.
  19. ↑ Judkis, Maura; Pager, Tyler; Yuan, Jada (November 20, 2022). "Eager for more details about Naomi Biden's wedding? Work your sources". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  20. ↑ Waxman, Olivia B. (November 18, 2022). "Here Is the History of White House Weddings". Time.
  21. ↑ Superville, Darlene (November 14, 2022). "Weddings at the White House: Biden's granddaughter to be married on the South Lawn". USA Today.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.