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Shop NowLeaving the White House for the first time since testing positive for Covid President Joe Biden traveled to Delaware where First Lady Jill Biden has been residing.
Biden finally tested negative on Aug. 6 and Aug. 7. The president went into isolation after he contracted what was described as a breakthrough infection at the end of July.
Biden told the press as he boarded Air Force One that he is “feeling great.”
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the Presidents physician, claims that Biden is now well enough to “return to public engagement and presidential travel” in a memo he wrote to Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
The president is know to make frequent trips back to his home state of Delaware. There he and the First Lady own two private residences. In his first year as president, Biden made 31 trips to the state.
The President is also known to spend time at Camp David, spending a total of 10 weekends at the presidential retreat in Maryland.
While the White House does release its visitor logs, former Press Secretary Jen Psaki cited the privacy of the Biden grandchildren as the reason why the president’s administration would not release “information about the comings and goings” of people who visit Biden’s Delaware homes.
Although they wont let the public know who comes and goes, it doesn’t stop the Democratic president from conducting business at his Deleware homes. Biden has previously hosted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia at his home to discuss pending legislation.
The Bidens left Delaware together for Kentucky on Aug. 8. There they visited communities damaged by the recent severe flooding that has affected the state. At least 37 people have died and Search teams have rescued over 1,300 people.
Local News station KPTV reports that the president has authorized an increase in federal funding for emergency work being carried out in the five impacted counties. FEMA currently says that a total of 12 counties are eligible for assistance.
More storms are headed to the affected areas, Residents are being warned that more flooding is a possibility due to weather predicted to reach eastern Kentucky by Aug. 11.
