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Willow (born January 3, 2020) is an American tabby domestic short-haired cat owned by former President
Jill Biden first met Willow during a campaign speech at the farm where she resided and she immediately bonded with her. In an interview Jill stated that the cat had, between then and her adoption by the Bidens, been living with a foster family, and that she had grown attached to the cat. Rick Telesz, Willow's former owner, claimed that he received a phone call where he was informed that Jill wanted to adopt Willow from him.
Willow's adoption was part of a campaign promise to adopt a cat into the First Family, and after being so, was named Willow Biden, after Jill's hometown of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Willow was adopted in February 2021, but only came to live in the White House in 2022 because of concerns that she would not get along with the Biden family's German Shepherd Major, and lived with Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa for a time. Her arrival was announced in January 2022 after much previous speculation. The dog reportedly had biting issues and was sent to live with friends of the Biden family in Delaware.
Willow is the subject of a picture book written by Jill Biden in 2024.
Joe Biden
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and First Lady Jill Biden. Formerly a farm cat, she was adopted by the Biden family from Rick Telesz as part of a campaign promise to adopt a cat into the First Family and is named after Jill Biden's hometown of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Willow is the first cat to live in the White House
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, who was owned by President George W. Bush
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and First Lady Laura Bush
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Biography
Willow is a former farm cat that was born in Western Pennsylvania, and was formerly owned by Rick Telesz, a farmer in Volant, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She has green eyes. Biden has stated that " illowhas no limits" and that "in the middle of the night she climbs up and lays on top of ishead".
Jill Biden first met Willow during a campaign speech at the farm where she resided and she immediately bonded with her. In an interview Jill stated that the cat had, between then and her adoption by the Bidens, been living with a foster family, and that she had grown attached to the cat. Rick Telesz, Willow's former owner, claimed that he received a phone call where he was informed that Jill wanted to adopt Willow from him.
Willow's adoption was part of a campaign promise to adopt a cat into the First Family, and after being so, was named Willow Biden, after Jill's hometown of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Willow was adopted in February 2021, but only came to live in the White House in 2022 because of concerns that she would not get along with the Biden family's German Shepherd Major, and lived with Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa for a time. Her arrival was announced in January 2022 after much previous speculation. The dog reportedly had biting issues and was sent to live with friends of the Biden family in Delaware.
Willow is the subject of a picture book written by Jill Biden in 2024.
See also
* United States presidential pets * List of individual cats * LarryReferences
External links
* {{Joe Biden 2020 animal births Biden family United States presidential cats