How Joe Biden's Presidency Has Changed His Relationship With His Grandkids
It can certainly be said that once you're inaugurated into the White House administration, it can change you. It can inspire slight tweaks to how you want to be addressed, make you age faster and your hair go gray, and — you know, make you one of the preeminent leaders of the word. But for current President Joe Biden, there's one thing that seems to be a mainstay no matter what his proximity to the Oval Office is: his relationship with his grandchildren.
Biden's first 100 days in office have been filled to the brim with adding a sense of equilibrium to the country following former President Donald Trump's rocky departure (and first White House term) from the seat Biden now occupies. Understandably, this means that dividing his attention between his duties as president and as a member of his family unit can mean he has to reconfigure some things. But according to an April report by CNN, it seems Biden is doing his best to juggle both, especially when it comes to his grandchildren. Keep reading to find out how Biden's managing to do it.
Joe Biden is making time for his grandchildren
When it comes to Joe Biden and his grandchildren (pictured above), the current president of the United States has, per CNN, done his best to maintain a steady, close, and healthy relationship. As the news network reported in April, Biden's hard and fast rule is if any of them (or all of them) call him at any time, he will always take the call. It's a rule he stuck to throughout his campaign for the presidency in 2020, in which he would call and text them each every day to check in. (And considering Biden has seven grandkids in total, that's not small feat.)
According to one of those grandchildren who CNN spoke to (and chose not to name specifically for the article), "no topic is off limits," though the kid who calls Biden "Pop" rather than president then added that "sometimes the kids don't want to tell him everything."
Considering the family tragedies that have occurred in the Biden family, his dedication to keeping his children and grandchildren close isn't all that surprising. In 1972, Biden's first wife, Neilia, died in a car accident along with their infant daughter, Naomi. Years later, Biden's son Beau, a decorated military veteran, died from brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46.