Oh Carolinas! President holds grandson Beau’s hand and gives grand salute from top of Air Force One as the Biden’s head to Kiawah Island for family vacation
- President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden left for Kiawah Island in South Carolina on Wednesday
- They were accompanied on Air Force One by Hunter Biden, his wife Melissa Cohen and baby Beau Biden
- The Bidens will spend about a week on the private island known for its golf
- The Bidens have visited there many times before, including when he was vice president
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President Joe Biden and his family left Washington Wednesday for a week-long vacation on Kiawah Island in South Carolina.
Biden’s motorcade pulled up to the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews with first lady Jill Biden, son Hunter Biden and wife Melissa Cohen, and grandson baby Beau Biden in tow.
The president was holding his grandson’s hand. Baby Beau waved at the military greeter, as the president saluted – while the first lady helped him up Air Force One’s stairs.
The trip comes after the president tested negative for COVID this past weekend, finally being free of his isolation and reuniting with his wife after spending nearly three weeks apart due to his infection.
Biden has been cleared to travel by his doctor but is still suffering from a post-COVID cough.
The Bidens have visited the Kiawah several times before – including four times when he was vice president – but this is his first visit since winning the White House.
President Joe Biden (center left) and his family departed Washignton Wednesday for vacation. He traveled with grandson baby Beau (center) and son Hunter Biden (second from right)
President Joe Biden (left) looks at grandson baby Beau Biden (right) on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews Wednesday as the family departed for summer vacation in South Carolina
Melissa Cohen (left) gets out of the Beast while President Joe Biden (center) and baby Beau Biden (center right) salute and wave to their military greeter
First Lady Jill Biden waves to reporters as she boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews Wednesday bound for South Carolina
The trip comes after the president tested negative for COVID this past weekend, finally being free of his isolation and reuniting with his wife after spending nearly three weeks apart
President Joe Biden waves before departing for a week-long vacation in South Carolina after being cleared to travel post-COVID infection
Baby Beau Biden, the president’s grandson is seen through the window of his grandfather’s motorcade on Wednesday
The White House has not said how long the Bidens will be on the private island but there are FAA flight restrictions in place through Tuesday. Those restrictions are standard operating procedure when a president visits an area.
It’s also unclear where on the island Biden is staying.
There is a luxury hotel as well as a variety of rental homes.
There are also many private residences on the island, including homes owned by former Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, Olympic gold-medalist figure skater Tara Lipinski and NBA basketball player Ray Allen.
While Biden is gone, the House will vote on the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the Senate this weekend.
The bill became the Democrats’ signature legislative package – replacing Biden’s Build Back Better after it failed to garner enough Democratic support.
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden supports, contains funding for health and climate programs.
President Joe Biden (left) also gave a thumbs up as he departed. Son Hunter Biden (right) is seen standing behind him
Baby Beau Biden (right) crosses his arms on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrew Wednesday as the Biden family departed for vacation in South Carolina
President Joe Biden (left) and First Lady Jill Biden (right) disembark Air Force One as they arrive at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston on Wednesday to kick off family vacation
President Joe Biden (left) and First Lady Jill Biden (right) arrive in North Charleston to start their family vacation in South Carolina
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Hunter Biden (right) holds the hand of baby Beau Biden (left) as they walk down the steps of Air Force One Wednesday
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden shake hands with military greetrs at Joint Base Charleston
Baby Beau Biden (center) stands with First Lady Jill Biden (left) as the president meets and greets with military personnel at Joint Base Charleston Wednesday
The Biden family (from left): First Lady Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Melissa Cohen, baby Beau Biden and Hunter Biden walk toward Marine One Wednesday
Marine One flew the Bidens to a second airport, the Charleston Executive Airport, and then they took a motorcade to their South Carolina rental home
President Joe Biden (left) escorts First Lady Jill Biden (right) to the waiting Beast as the Biden family arrives for vacation in South Carolina Wednesday
Democrats also claim it will help reduce the record high inflation the country is experiencing – which some fear will turn to voter anger at the president’s party in the November election.
Before Biden left on his vacation, he signed the PACT Act into law. The legislation expands healthcare for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Biden has previously said he believes his son Beau’s cancer, which killed him in 2015, was caused by Beau’s exposure to burn pits during his military service in Iraq.
The president typically heads to Delaware for his respites, either at his home in Wilmington or his beach house in Rehoboth. He spent part of August last year at each of those homes.
But the Bidens are no strangers to Kiawah.
They previously visited the island in 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015 when Biden was vice president.
And President Biden last visited South Carolina in December when he spoke at South Carolina State University’s graduation at the invitation of his close friend, Rep. Jim Clyburn.
Kiawah, an island of 15 miles square feet, has an oceanfront golf resort and is 25 miles from Charleston. It is known as being one of the premier golf destinations on the East Coast.
In May of 2021, the PGA held its championship at The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island.
Biden is a golf player but usually only hits the links at his country club in Wilmington.
In his first 18 months in office, Biden played 15 rounds of golf, according to former CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who tracks presidential data.
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