Biden returns to the BEACH for second straight weekend – despite solemn DNC vow to ‘work like hell’
President Joe Biden was spotted with First Lady Jill Biden on the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware – vacationing for the second weekend in a row.
Biden sat near a blue umbrella wearing a black hat and Philadelphia Eagles T-shirt while talking on the phone and waving at the cameras on Saturday.
The First Lady appeared relaxed with the sleeves of her white dress rolled up and hair tired back in a gray baseball cap.
The 81-year-old president, who vowed he was committed to seeing out the remaining months of his term, has been facing criticism for spending so much time at the beach.
‘Who is running the country?’ Texas congressman Wesley Hunt said on X on Thursday. ‘Joe Biden is on his second vacation in two weeks and Kamala Harris is preparing for her first interview in 40 days.’
Joe Biden sat near a blue umbrella wearing a black hat and Philadelphia Eagles t-shirt while talking on the phone
The First Lady appeared relaxed with the sleeves of her white dress rolled up and hair tired back in a grey baseball cap
Biden arrived in Rehoboth Beach on Sunday after spending a week at an 8,000-acre ranch in Santa Ynez, California.
The couple – along with their children and grandchildren – stayed at a California ranch owned by Democratic donor billionaire Joe Kiani.
The property sits about three hours north of Los Angeles in Santa Barbara wine country.
Kiani has been a major donor to Biden’s campaigns and a friend to the family. Hunter Biden paid a visit to the $50 million vineyard property last year.
Dubbed the ‘Kiani Preserve,’ the 8,000 acres has its own private vineyard, donkeys and a cattle herd.
However, the White House has defended Biden’s two-week break, saying he is in charge and running the country from his vacation locations.
‘The president is on vacation, but you can never unplug and from a job like that. Nor does he try to,’ National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Monday in a zoom briefing with reporters.
‘He’s very much in command,’ he noted of Biden.
The 81-year-old President, who vowed he was committed to seeing out the remaining months of his term, has been facing criticism for spending so much time at the beach
On Wednesday, he hit the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware after spending the week in California
He pointed out Biden spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as proof the president is working.
He’ll be in Rehoboth until Monday, when he joins Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh for a campaign event.
Biden is on his 114th visit to Delaware spanning all or part of 328 days, according to journalist Mark Knoeller who tracks presidential travel.
That is much more when compared to Donald Trump at a similar point in office: he spent 51 visits and 240 days at either of his estates in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, or Bedminster, New Jersey.
Biden will hit the road next week, heading to Wisconsin on Thursday to talk about his administration’s push to lower costs for Americans.
Wisconsin in a critical battleground state for Democrats in the 2024 election. Biden is no longer on the ballot but can talk about what he and Kamala Harris have done to help the country.
During his speech at the Democratic National Convention, Biden said he has ‘a lot to do’ in his last five months as president
During his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Biden said he was acting for the good of the country, and that he was ‘going to be working like hell’ before his term ended.
He added that serving as Commander-in-Chief has been the ‘honor of my lifetime’ and that he has ‘a lot to do’ in his last five months in office.
‘I’ve got a lot to do – I intend to get it done,’ he said.
Biden exited the presidential race on July 21 after his terrible debate performance against Donald Trump, which led to concerns about his mental abilities.
‘Over the next six months, I’ll be focused on doing my job as president,’ Biden said in his July 24 Oval Office address.