Photos show Joe Biden's 6,850-square-foot Delaware home where he'll likely move after the White House
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- Joe Biden and Jill Biden own a 6,850-square-foot home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb.
- Biden campaigned from his basement in 2020 and has hosted world leaders at his home as president.
- The home was the subject of a DOJ investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.
In 1996, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden purchased 4 acres of land in Greenville, Delaware, and built a 6,850-square-foot lakefront home.
The Bidens also own a six-bedroom beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, but their Greenville home remains their primary residence where Biden will likely return after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration this month.
Take a look inside the Bidens' Delaware home.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Located 4 miles from downtown Wilmington, Greenville is a quiet town with a median home listing price of $1.11 million, according to Realtor.com.
The Bidens originally purchased the 4-acre lot for $350,000, The Wall Street Journal reported. Now, it's worth at least $2 million.
The home they built features three bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms, according to Zillow.
Biden wrote in his 2017 memoir, "Promise Me, Dad," that he considered taking out a second mortgage on the house to support his son Beau Biden's family during Beau's cancer treatment.
Biden wrote that when he told President Barack Obama of his plan, Obama said, "Don't do that. I'll give you the money."
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Biden brought Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese out onto the patio overlooking the pond in September.
The home also features a swimming pool, an amenity Biden was known to enjoy at the official vice president's residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.
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In 2008, reporters from the Wilmington News Journal camped out at Biden's home and played Frisbee on the lawn while waiting to see if he'd be chosen as Barack Obama's running mate.
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Secret Service members surveil the residence when Biden visits.
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Shelves in the background of Biden's video calls appeared to hold books, photos, and other mementos.
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Biden made frequent trips home to Delaware while serving in the White House, spending about half of his weekends in his home state.
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As an outgoing US senator, Biden purchased the desk he used in the Senate to furnish his home.
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The spacious office has wood paneling and plush leather armchairs.
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In November and December 2022, Biden's attorneys discovered classified documents in the president's former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and in his garage and turned them over to the National Archives. In January 2023, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed US Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate the mishandling of classified information.
The Justice Department searched Biden's home and recovered six classified documents. Biden's personal attorney, Bob Bauer, said that the search was voluntary and that some of the items dated back to Biden's time in the Senate and as vice president.
Hur interviewed Biden in October 2023 about his storage of classified material. The transcripts showed that Biden described himself as a "frustrated architect" and spent large swaths of time talking about how he designed and furnished his home.
"In order to try to convince me not to run for the Senate for the 19th time, my wife said, 'Look, you don't run, I'll pay for architectural school for you," Biden told Hur.
Biden also shared how he "set up a theater" in his house to conduct virtual events and television appearances in 2020 because "we were campaigning out of our basement."
After a yearlong investigation, Hur did not recommend charging the president with any crime, describing Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Hur's report was derided by Democrats and Republicans alike, but it foreshadowed Biden's poor debate performance, which ultimately led to him dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
