Naomi King Biden Neal (born December 23, 1993) is an American lawyer and a granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden. The eldest daughter of

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and

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, she grew up in

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and attended the

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. Biden is a graduate of

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and works as an associate at the law firm Arnold & Porter. A member of the First family of the United States, she has lived in the

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with her grandfather and step-grandmother since August 2021. Biden accompanied them on official visits to China, Brazil, Turkey, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago while they were serving as

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and Second Lady. In November 2022, she became the first granddaughter of a president to marry at the White House. According to the

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, Biden's wedding was the first to take place on the

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Early life, education, and family

Biden was born on December 23, 1993 to

and

. She has two younger sisters, Finnegan and Roberta ("Maisy"), a half-brother named Beau from her father's second marriage to South African filmmaker Melissa Cohen, and one half-sister from her father's relationship with Lunden Alexis Roberts. The eldest grandchild of U.S. President Joe Biden, she was named after his daughter, Naomi Christina Biden, who at age 1 was killed, along with his first wife,

Neilia Hunter Biden Neilia Hunter Biden (July 28, 1942 – December 18, 1972) was an American teacher and the first wife of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States. She died in a car crash in 1972 with her one-year-old daughter, Naomi. Her t ...

, in a 1972 car crash. Joe Biden married Jill Tracy Jacobs in 1977. Naomi King Biden grew up in

She attended

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, a private

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school in Washington, D.C. She majored in international relations at the

, where she was a classmate and friend of First Daughter

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, and earned her

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degree from

Public life and career

Biden attended the

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with her family, prior to the

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. In May 2013, Biden accompanied her grandfather and step-grandmother, at the time the

and

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, on an official trip to

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. While there, she met with Christian and Anura Carmona, the children of President

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. She later accompanied the vice president on official visits to Brazil, China, Turkey, and New Zealand. Biden encouraged her grandfather to run in the

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against incumbent U.S. President

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, calling a family meeting in 2019 to persuade him to enter the race. She gave a speech supporting her grandfather in a video that played during the

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. Biden works as an international arbitration associate attorney at Arnold & Porter, having started with the law firm in 2020.

Personal life

Biden met Peter George Heermann Neal, an associate at

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's Center on National Security, in

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on June 8, 2018, after being set up on a date by a mutual friend. In August 2021, the couple moved into the White House. In September 2021, Neal proposed to Biden in

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. On November 19, 2022, the couple married in a joint Catholic-Presbyterian ceremony held on the

of the

. A wedding luncheon was hosted by President and First Lady Biden in the

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. It was the first wedding to ever be held on the South Lawn, according to the

, and was the first time a president's granddaughter was married at the White House.

References

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