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The Associated Press
Seung Min Kim AND, Zeke Miller
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden left Washington on Wednesday, taking at least seven days off and an expected vacation. It was started. in South Carolina with members of his family.
Biden, accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden, left the White House in a convoy to Joint Base Andrews outside the capital. There, Air Force One was waiting to take them to Charleston.The first couple will stay until Tuesday on Kaiwa Island, known for its private beach and golf resort, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's recommendations.
The White House did not respond to requests to provide details about Biden's vacation schedule, activities, or when he plans to return to Washington.
}Biden attended Air Force One Wednesday along with his son Hunter Biden, daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen and grandson Beau.
While Biden is in South Carolina, the House is set to vote to approve a bill full of Biden's priorities. A significant investment, worth about $369 billion over a decade.The measure caps prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients at $2,000 out-of-pocket and expands subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House disputes when Biden plans to sign the bill.
Biden's 2021 vacation plan hits Washington's legislative calendar as COVID-19 cases surge, he said. , disrupted by the confused withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
Summer vacation is a presidential tradition. George W. Bush often spent August in his 100-degree heat that burned his ranch in central Texas. Barack Obama tackled a golf game on his Vineyard Island in Martha's, Massachusetts. Donald Trump spent time at his private golf club in his home in central New Jersey.
In the past, the White House has emphasized that a president is never truly relieved of his job responsibilities.
Other times, the president has had to make decisions that will define his legacy while on vacation, such as President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans in 2005. The US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. and Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush. Bush planned the U.S. response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 from his family's beachside facility in Kennebunkport, Maine.
