By Jordan Fabian | Bloomberg
President Joe Biden and his household are vacationing at a Lake Tahoe house belonging to billionaire Tom Steyer, whom Biden defeated within the 2020 Democratic presidential race.
The non-public house, owned by Steyer and his spouse Kat Taylor, is situated within the Glenbrook neighborhood on the east aspect of the lake, a preferred vacationer vacation spot straddling California and Nevada. The Bidens are renting the home “for truthful market worth,” the White Home mentioned in a press release.
Steyer is an investor, environmental activist and Democratic megadonor. He suspended his presidential marketing campaign in February 2020 after putting a distant third within the South Carolina Democratic major gained by Biden.
The Tahoe house is situated in a gated neighborhood. The median itemizing house value in July in Glenbrook was $8.4 million, based on Realtor.com.
The president and first girl Jill Biden plan to spend the week at Lake Tahoe with their household. They arrived late Friday on Air Power One after President Biden hosted a summit assembly at Camp David with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, and plan to depart subsequent Saturday.
A number of Biden kinfolk — together with his daughter Ashley, grandchildren Maisy and Naomi and the latter’s husband, Peter Neal — additionally flew on the presidential jet. Biden’s son Hunter, his spouse Melissa Cohen and their son Beau have been already on the house when the president landed, based on the White Home.
The journey comes one week after Lawyer Common Merrick Garland made David Weiss, the federal prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, a particular counsel as a way to proceed the probe after a plea deal collapsed with the president’s son on tax and gun expenses.
The president and first girl will pause their getaway Monday to journey to Maui, the place wildfires killed not less than 114 folks and destroyed the seaside city of Lahaina. They’ll meet with federal, state and native officers, tour fire-damaged areas and converse with survivors and first responders, based on the White Home.
Biden vacationed earlier this month in Rehoboth Seashore, Delaware, the place he owns a house. He obtained criticism whereas on the seaside final weekend when he curtly responded “no remark” to reporters who requested in regards to the loss of life toll in Maui.
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