Biden to host Obamas in September for White House portrait ceremony Trump shunned
President Joe Biden will host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House in early September for the unveiling of their official White H
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House in early September for the unveiling of their official White House portraits, an Obama spokesperson said.
The traditional East Room ceremony unveiling the Obamas’ portraits, usually a moment when the sitting president and the first lady fête their immediate predecessors, was put off while President Donald Trump was in office given the bitter, estranged relationship between the two men.
Because of the Covid pandemic, the event was further delayed after Biden took office last year. It's typically held indoors in the East Room of the White House.
2020: Trump will not take part in Obama's portrait unveilingMay 19, 202003:38The Obamas are scheduled to appear with Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sept. 7, the Obama spokesperson said Thursday. The artists who painted the former first couple will also be revealed at that time, as has been tradition for presidential portrait unveilings since the ritual began decades ago.
The event will mark Michelle Obama’s first time returning to the White House since Jan. 20, 2017.
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