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President Biden says he'd be 'sleeping alone' if he wasn't a Philadelphia Eagles fan alongside his 'Philly girl' wife, Jill Biden

Business Insider 2/11/2023 insider@insider.com (John L. Dorman)

First lady Jill Biden. AP Photo/Michael Clubb, File

President Biden joked that he'd be "sleeping alone" if he wasn't an Eagles fan alongside his wife.
First lady Jill Biden, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, is a longtime fan of the team.
"I mean, it's — it's really absolutely amazing. I mean, the certitude," he said of his wife's faith in the team.

The Bidens are hosting French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife for their first state dinner. The Macrons arrived at the White House on Thursday and will be treated to an extravagant dinner. The red, white, and blue-themed dinner features a menu of butter-poached lobster and American cheese. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron to the White House Thursday for the Biden administration's first state dinner.Biden's choice of guests for the much anticipated event is seen as highly strategic being that French relations were on the rocks during the preceding presidency. The dinner will serve as a way to "revitalize" the French-American diplomatic relationship, advisors to the president told CNN. "If you look at what's going on in Ukraine, look at what's going on in the Indo-Pacific and the tensions with China, France is really at the center of all those things," John Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications told CNN. Macron was also the featured guest at the Trump administration's first state dinner. The Obama administration honored former French president François Hollande with a state dinner, as well. Macron and his wife will be treated to an extravagant dinner, which will be held under a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, where they will feast on butter-poached lobster, beef with shallot marmalade, caviar, and American-made wine and artisanal cheeses.The first lady, who took the lead in planning the event, said in remarks on Wednesday that the dinner would relect the US and France's shared values of "liberty and democracy, equality and fellowship" and the nation's shared colors of red, white, and blue. Read the original article on Business Insider

First lady Jill Biden, whom President Joe Biden calls a true "Philly girl," loves the Philadelphia Eagles.

So with the Eagles set to play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, he couldn't help but remark on her longtime football fandom this week.

Biden, a native of Scranton, Pa., represented nearby Delaware in the Senate for 36 years before serving as vice president and then as president.

But Jill Biden, who graduated from high school in the Philadelphia suburbs, doesn't play around when it comes to her team.

And the president knows he can't forget it.

Last week, Biden joked that "I'd be sleeping alone" if he wasn't a fan of the team alongside his wife.

"You all think I'm kidding," he quipped at a Philadelphia fundraiser last week. "No, those are no joke. No, I am not kidding."

"I mean, it's — it's really absolutely amazing. I mean, the certitude," Biden said of his wife's belief that the Eagles will win the championship this year.

The first lady will travel to Arizona to attend Sunday's game.

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