Naomi Biden, 28, married her fiancé Peter Neal on Saturday, Nov. 19, at a non-public 11 a.m. ceremony outdoors the White Home, on the South Garden.
Naomi Biden is President Joe Biden’s eldest grandchild. She is the daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle.
That is believed to be the primary White Home wedding ceremony to happen on the South Garden.
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Naomi Biden and Peter Neal exchanged “I do’s” throughout a cold late-morning ceremony — temperatures have been within the low 40s — in entrance of company seated in white folding chairs, the Related Press famous.
The South Portico of the White Home, going through the garden and the Washington Monument within the distance, was embellished with wreaths and garland bearing white flowers. There was no tent.
President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden and Peter Neal are married on the South Garden of the White Home, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Carolyn Kaster)
Naomi Biden and Peter Neal determined to maintain journalists out, though the ceremony was outdoor on the grounds of what the president and first girl name the “individuals’s home.”
“The marriage of Naomi Biden and Peter is a non-public one,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the president’s chief spokesperson, mentioned on Friday.
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“It’s a household occasion and Naomi and Peter have requested that their wedding ceremony be closed to the media and we’re respecting their needs.”
Friends arrive on the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, D.C., for the marriage of Naomi Biden, 28, granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal, 25, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Three weddings have occurred within the Rose Backyard and the opposite 15 documented weddings on the White Home happened indoors, in keeping with the Library of Congress.
“The marriage of Naomi Biden and Peter is a non-public one.”
The marriage was paid for by the Biden household, mentioned Elizabeth Alexander, communications director for Dr. Jill Biden, in an e-mail reported by The New York Occasions.
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“Per different personal occasions hosted by the primary household and following the traditions of earlier White Home wedding ceremony festivities in prior administrations, the Biden household shall be paying for the marriage actions that happen on the White Home,” she mentioned.
Naomi Biden, proper, and fiancé Peter Neal are proven throughout the Ralph Lauren Fall/Winter 2022 style present on the Museum of Fashionable Artwork on March 22, 2022, in New York.
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Naomi Biden shared the information of her engagement earlier this yr on her Twitter account. She additionally shared different updates alongside the way in which.
In April, Naomi Biden thanked her “Nana and Pop” in a tweet asserting that her wedding ceremony could be held on the White Home.
“Peter and I are endlessly grateful to my Nana and Pop for the chance to have a good time our wedding ceremony on the White Home. We will not wait to make our dedication to 1 one other official and for what lies forward,” she wrote.
The pair, who each work as attorneys in Washington, reside on the third flooring of the White Home, reported The New York Occasions.
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Forward of their wedding ceremony ceremony, Neal shared a candy photograph of the 2 holding palms below an arch on the Washington, D.C., Marriage Bureau on his Instagram account on Nov. 17, 2022.
“Gotta nail the cash shot to safe the license to wed,” wrote Neal within the publish.
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Neal, 25, of Jackson Gap, Wyoming, lately graduated from the College of Pennsylvania legislation faculty. He works at Georgetown College Regulation Heart in Washington. His dad and mom are Drs. Mary C. and William “Invoice” C. Neal of Jackson Gap, the AP reported.
The White Home Correspondents Affiliation, which advocates for press entry to the White Home and the president, mentioned it was “deeply upset” that the White Home declined its request for press protection of Naomi Biden’s wedding ceremony, the AP additionally famous.
Naomi Biden is known as after her late aunt, who died in a automobile accident at age one. That very same accident additionally killed President Biden’s first spouse, Neilia, the White Home web site notes.
The Related Press contributed reporting to this text.
