President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Naomi Biden and their first great-grandchild at Cedars Sinai Hospital on Wednesday as wildfires roared just miles away.
Naomi was scheduled to give birth via cesarean section, the president had previously revealed in an interview with USA Today.
She and her husband Peter Neal now live in California after Peter got a job in Los Angeles.
Naomi’s father Hunter Biden and his second wife Melissa Cohen and their young son Beau were spotted arriving at the hospital as the presidential motorcade rolled in.
The president and first lady were in California on what the White House said was an official visit.
Biden was scheduled to announce the protection of hundreds of thousands of acres of California lands from oil and gas drilling.
But high winds and raging fires forced him to cancel those plans and spend Tuesday in his Los Angeles hotel. There were no public events on the Wednesday schedule except for a departure for LA.
The White House has since said the president will receive a briefing on the ground before he leaves.
President Joe Biden (left) and first lady Jill Biden (right) arrive at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night for what was supposed to be an official visit. The president’s schedule was mostly scrapped due to the horrendous wildfires
Naomi Biden (right), with husband Peter Neal (left), at a state dinner for Kenya in May. She kept her pregnancy under wraps until Election Day. DailyMail.com reported that she was expecting the same month of the Kenya state dinner
The Bidens knew Naomi’s delivery date in advance.
Biden told USA Today, in an interview conducted earlier this week, that Naomi was scheduled to have a c-section on Wednesday. And that he was going to California to see her.
‘I’m about to be a great-grandfather, Jesus God,’ he said.
‘I’m going out to California. She’s due to have a cesarean on the 8th of January,’ he added.
Naomi Biden, 30, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle.
It will be Hunter’s first grand child and the Bidens’ first great-grandchild.
Jill Biden addressed the Biden family news at a women’s health conference she was hosting at the White House last month.
‘We’ve talked about this all this morning – research that uses genetics to find a cause of extreme morning sickness, and I heard this a couple weeks ago, and I was particularly interested because my own granddaughter was going through the same thing,’ she said.
Then she burst into a big smile and announced: ‘Because we’re going to be great grandparents!’
The room burst into applause.
The Bidens spent Christmas together at the White House. Ashley Biden, the Bidens’ daughter, posted a family photo to her instagram story.
In it, Naomi stands at the back with husband Peter, her stomach hidden by other family members.
Ashely Biden posted a family photo to her instagram story over Christmas showing all the Biden family celebrating the holiday at the White House
Naomi Biden announced her pregnancy on Election Night
Naomi Biden announced her pregnancy on the night of the 2024 presidential election with a post to her Instagram account.
‘(we) voted,’ she wrote on her Instagram story, displaying a prominent baby bump with an ‘I voted’ sticker on it.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed in May that Naomi and her husband Peter Neal were expecting their first child.
Speculation has been rampant for months that she was expecting. It was the talk of a state dinner in May.
Naomi, who is known for wearing fitted clothes to her slim figure, donned loose fitting gowns during multiple occasions when she was seen in public.
As she and Neal entered a state dinner at the White House for Kenya in May, Neal appeared to be gesturing at his wife’s stomach as they posed for photos.
As she leaned into him, what appeared to be a baby bump was seen in her long, roomy pleated metallic cape and dress set from Diana Ayad.
At one point, Neal appeared to be pointing to her bump.
Naomi Biden (right) also wore a flowy frock to a White House state dinner with Japan in April
A month before, Naomi sported a different flowy frock to a White House state dinner with Japan.
Naomi worked as an attorney in Washington, D.C.
She and Peter briefly lived at the White House before moving to Georgetown and then relocating to the west coast.
They married in an opulent ceremony on the South Lawn on November 19, 2022.
She was the first presidential grandchild to be married at the White House.
