Former First Lady Michelle Obama has not been vocal about her support for President Joe Biden’s reelection in recent months, according to people close to her, due to “frustration” with the Biden family’s treatment of Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, Axios reports.
Buhle and Hunter Biden announced their separation in July 2015, following accusations of the latter’s drug addiction and possible infidelity. That same year, Biden’s son Beau died of cancer, and Hunter started dating his widow, Hallie. Biden and Buhle, who have three children together, formalized their divorce in 2017. This is when the relationship between the Obamas and Bidens changed.
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Crystal Carson, a spokesman for Michele Obama, told Axios that she supports Biden’s re-election despite her well-known dislike for party politics, and that she is “friends with Kathleen and the Bidens.” Two things could be true:.
Throughout the year, former President Barack Obama has freely expressed his support on social media and at fundraisers.
Barack Obama attended a Beau Biden Foundation fundraiser in Wilmington, Delaware in the fall of 2017, where he spotted Hunter holding hands with his brother’s widow, with whom he allegedly cheated on Buhle. Michelle did not attend with her husband, and the former president privately described the Biden family dynamics at the fundraiser as “weird shit,” according to a person familiar with his remarks.
Meanwhile, the former first lady’s connection with the outcast Buhle has only grown since their early days under the Obama administration. Michelle highlighted Buhle in her 2022 book, “The Light We Carry,” saying, “My friend Kathleen and I keep regular morning dates to walk by the river.”
Michelle may still rise to the occasion with five months remaining on the campaign road. Anita Dunn, a top White House aide, and Melissa Winter, Michelle Obama’s top adviser, reportedly met for lunch recently to discuss how the Biden campaign can incorporate the former first lady.
