President Joe Biden took a break from the White House to visit the Delaware gravesite of his first wife and their baby girl on the anniversary of the tragic 1972 car crash that took their lives.
Biden, his son Hunter, and Beau, his grandson, were pictured Saturday at St. Joseph on Brandywine, Wilmington, to commemorate the 49th anniversary the deaths of his first wife Neilia and her daughter Naomi.
Neilia Biden and the couple’s 13-month old daughter, Naomi, were killed when their car was struck by a tractor-trailer as she took the kids to pick out a Christmas tree.
The President Joe Biden is watching as Hunter Biden, his one-year old son, follows Beau Biden’s lead as they leave St. Joseph the Brandywine Catholic Church Wilmington.
President Joe Biden shakes hands with a Monsignor John Hopkins (right)as he leaves St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington on the anniversary of of the deaths of the president’s first wife, Neilia, and daughter Naomi
The somber trip of President Biden to the United States comes after a poll showed that his popularity among younger voters is at an all-time low.
Jill Biden, first lady and President Joe Biden greet their family members as they leave St. Joseph On the Brandywine Catholic Church. Hunter Biden was with them. Beau Biden is in Jill’s arms.
On Saturday, President Joe Biden was joined by first lady Jill Biden in the graveyard outside St. Joseph on The Brandywine Catholic Church. This is the 50th anniversary of the tragic incident that haunted his Senate career.
Beau and Hunter, their sons, were severely injured. At 3 and 4, they were one year and one day apart.
The tragedy haunted him at the start of his Senate career and has been a touchstone of his presidency, with Biden recently opening a speech in Minnesota by noting how two of that state’s former senators helped him cope.
Biden’s son Hunter was there to commemorate the sad anniversary. Beau was also present. Beau was seen outside the church with his father.
Biden’s youngest grandchild was named after him, his son who succumbed to brain cancer in 2015. He is also buried at the same time as his sister and mother in the nearby cemetery.
After mass, the president and first lady paid their respects.
Biden, his family and friends have been members of the church for over a decade. He has also visited many times as President with large numbers of his extended family.
The somber visit is coming as new polls show that his approval ratings among younger voters have fallen to a new low.
A Pew Center Research Poll found that Biden’s approval rating is 27% among Americans aged under 30. This level represents the lowest support of any age in the poll.
This is a shocking 50-point decrease from January, when YouGov and the Economist surveyed Gen Z Americans and millennial Americans.
These numbers are remarkable because young voters tend to be heavily Democratic, with Gen Z and millennials favoring Biden by 24 points over Trump for the 2020 election.
Following a visit to St. Joseph of the Brandywine Catholic Church Wilmington on the anniversary the deaths of his first wife Neilia, and Naomi Biden’s daughter Naomi, President Biden walks through the cemeteries.
President Joe Biden embraces a family member as he and first lady Jill Biden leave St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church on the anniversary of the deaths of the president’s first wife, Neilia, and daughter Naomi
Biden watches from afar while his son Hunter and grandson Beau walk outside St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington on Saturday following mass
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects in the cemetery directly outside St. Joseph’s church
Joe Biden photographed with his family 1972, with Hunter Biden (far right), first wife Neilia Biden and his infant daughter Naomi Biden. Beau Biden is on Joe’s lap.
Nelia and Joseph Biden are seen cutting Joseph Biden’s birthday cake in Wilmington, along with their sons Hunter (the senator-elect) and Beau (the Beau).
It would appear that both 2020 presidential candidates are unpopular, another poll released this week found that a whopping 58 per cent of U.S. voters don’t think Joe Biden should run for reelection in 2024, while 56 per cent also say they don’t want Donald Trump to run in the next presidential election.
A Morning Consult/Politico poll on Wednesday found that Vice President Kamala Harris would be the most popular candidate to replace Biden. 31% said they want Harris, and the rest wanted him to run.
Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary, is second with 11%.
Biden long stated that he plans to run for reelection in the four years following his term. That squashed rumors that Biden only ran in 2020 in order to beat Trump and bring about a new era.
Trump has also teased a run in 2024 – but says he won’t announce until after the 2022 midterm elections.
The Omicron variant’s low poll numbers and impact on American holiday seasons could be a problem.
Americans aged 30 and under gave President Joe Biden an approval rating of 27 percent. 7% said they were strongly in agreement, while 20% indicated that they are somewhat satisfied. The most disapproval was expressed by seniors, who both approve and disapprove of Biden.
Only 60% want Biden running again for the Democratic nomination in 2024, according to the poll.
Omicron COVID-19 (purple) accounts for now 3% of U.S. Covid case, an increase from the less than 1% last week. The dominant strain in the country, Delta (orange), still accounts for 97%, according to CDC data
New grim statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that US COVID-19 death rates will increase by 73% to 15600 per week starting January 8. Cases will also rise to 1.3million per week by Christmas Day.
On Wednesday afternoon, the agency released projections that America would suffer an additional 15,600 Covid deaths each week starting January 8. This is an increase of 58% from the 8,900 deaths recorded per week and equal to 1,285 deaths each day.
A second prediction by the CDC is that 620,000 to 1.3 Million Americans will have Covid diagnosis before Christmas Day.
This is a 55% increase on the 840,000 recorded cases in the past week.
Omicron will most likely be the dominant strain of Covid within the next weeks and lead to a large surge in cases right after Christmas, according to one expert. This is likely to fuel the surge that the CDC has predicted.