Joe and Jill Biden go on relaxing bike ride during their week-long beach vacation as
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden enjoyed at relaxing bike ride during their Rehoboth Beach vacation on Monday while, back in Washington D.C., their son Hunter’s former business partner testified to Congress.
The Bidens, in matching black bike gear and uniforms, zipped along a bike path at Gordons pond, a popular five-mile loop near their $2 million beach home.
The first couple didn’t stop but did wave to a crowd of supporters, several of whom yelled ‘four more years’ – a reference to the president’s re-election campaign.
While the Bidens’ got in an early morning bike ride, Hunter’s Biden’s former friend and business partner Devon Archer arrived on Capitol Hill to testify to the House Oversight Committee about Hunter’s foreign business deals.
President Joe Biden on a bike ride in Rehoboth on Monday morning
First lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden are spending a week-long vacation at the beachtown
Archer was subpoenaed by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee. House Republicans argue that Hunter Biden used his father’s status as vice president to help his business interests. They hope Archer can provide evidence that the president was directly involved in his son’s alleged dealings.
President Biden had denied any involvement in Hunter’s business affairs.
‘We know that Devon Archer has met and communicated many, many times with Joe Biden about Burisma and other things,’ House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told Fox News on Sunday.
Comer’s committee also has heard testimony from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who say their investigation of Hunter Biden was stymied by the U.S. Justice Department.
Additionally, Hunter Biden appeared in court last week amid expectations that he would plead guilty to two tax charges and avoid a gun charge. But the judge in the case said she could not accept the plea agreement with prosecutors.
Meanwhile, House Republicans are weighing whether or not to impeach Biden. Archer’s testimony will play a role in that decision-making.
Archer and Hunter both graduated from Yale and were friends for decades. Hunter has reportedly described Devon as his ‘best friend in business.’
Together they formed Rosemont Seneca Partners back in 2009, along with Christopher Heinz, the son-in-law of former Sen. John Kerry, kicking off a period of international business deals and jet-setting.
Archer and Hunter Biden each landed lucrative seats on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, despite Hunter not having particular expertise in the field. The firm brought in a reported $11 million through the arrangement, based on information gleaned from Hunter’s infamous laptop.
They were photographed golfing with then-Vice President Biden back in 2014.
Devon Archer arrives on Capitol Hill to testify to the House Oversight Committee
Hunter Biden’s friend and business partner Devon Archer, 49, is expected to testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee about their businesses. Devon Archer (far left) is seen playing golf in the Hamptons with Hunter (far right) and Joe (next to Hunter)
But the Bidens showed no signs of distress as they enjoy their week-long beach holiday. The president and first lady smiled broadly and waved to supporters as they zipped along the bike path.
They are staying in their $2.7 million, six-bedroom, 4,800 square foot home in the Delaware beach town.
The first couple enjoyed some beach time on Sunday, sitting under an umbrella reading on the public beach.
They will be in Rehoboth Beach until Friday, then head to their Wilmington, Delaware, home for the weekend.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden reading on the beach on Sunday
The Bidens are staying in their $2.7 million, six-bedroom, 4,800 square foot beach home
Next week President Biden travels to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah next week where he’ll talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change amid the brutally hot temperatures.
He’ll tout his Inflation Reduction Act and what it is doing to push advances in clean energy and manufacturing.
The president is also sending his cabinet across the country to talk up his accomplishments as he prepares for next year’s re-election campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Wisconsin this week with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to talk about broadband infrastructure investments. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack goes to Oregon to highlight wildfire defense grants, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will go to Illinois and Texas, and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona heads to Maryland to talk about career and technical education programs.