Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi ties knot in White House wedding

US President Joe Biden ‘s granddaughter Naomi Biden and her fiancé, Peter Neal, were married on Saturday in just the 19th wedding in the history of the White House.

Naomi Biden and Neal exchanged “I do’s” during a nippy late-morning ceremony – temperatures were in the low 40s – on the South Lawn, which was turned into a wedding venue for the very first time. It is the first White House wedding with a president’s granddaughter as the bride.

Scores of white folding chairs dotted a portion of the South Lawn, and the South Portico of the White House, facing the lawn and the Washington Monument in the distance, was decorated with wreaths and garland bearing white flowers. There was no tent. Guests began arriving hours before the ceremony, with some women opting for open-toed shoes despite the chill.

The public is seeing none of the festivities, unlike some past White House weddings. The bride and groom decided to keep journalists out, although the ceremony was outdoors on the grounds of what the president and first lady call the “people’s house.”

Naomi Biden, 28, is a lawyer in Washington. Her parents are Hunter Biden, the son of the president and first lady Jill Biden, and Kathleen Buhle, Hunter’s first wife.

Neal, 25, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania law school. He works at Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington. His parents are Drs Mary C and William “Bill” C Neal of Jackson Hole.

The couple, who have been living at the White House, were introduced by a mutual friend about four years ago in New York and have been together ever since, the White House said. Neal proposed in September 2021 near his childhood home in Jackson Hole with a ring that repurposed the band of his grandmother’s engagement ring, according to the White House.