President Biden spends Thanksgiving at billionaire's house

President Biden and his wife arrive on Nantucket Island for Thanksgiving holiday

Fox News reported on November 23 that US President Joe Biden and his family had just returned to billionaire David Rubenstein's residence on Nantucket Island (Massachusetts state) for Thanksgiving.

Air Force One landed at Nantucket Airport on the evening of November 21 (local time) and the president's family and Secret Service immediately departed for Mr. Rubenstein's 5.6-hectare coastal residence.

The president's family will also celebrate his 81st birthday on November 20 with a traditional coconut cake, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Biden plans to make a call with U.S. troops on Thanksgiving Day, but has no other public events scheduled.

On November 24, Mr. Biden is expected to go to downtown Nantucket to attend the tree lighting ceremony on Main Street, something he has done for the past two years.

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The Nantucket Current reported that the president's security team had been preparing for his visit for days, with C-17 Globemasters and other aircraft delivering vehicles, equipment and other supplies.

Many Massachusetts state police officers have been ferrying to the island since November 20, while hotels are overflowing with Secret Service agents, government employees and reporters from elsewhere.

Billionaire Rubenstein is a lawyer, businessman and philanthropist with an estimated net worth of over $3.5 billion. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms with assets of over $382 billion globally and 29 offices around the world.

The billionaire has invited the Biden family to spend Thanksgiving through at least 2021. His private residence has multiple guest houses, tennis courts, a swimming pool and many other amenities with an estimated total value of 34 million USD (822 billion VND). He bought this property in 1998 for 8 million USD and expanded the area, adding 5 more guest areas.

He is not a major political donor, but before entering the private sector, he served as an advisor to the late President Jimmy Carter, according to Forbes magazine. He is currently the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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