Naomi Biden and Peter Neal are getting married at the White House. Here's a timeline of their relationship.
- President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden is engaged to Peter Neal.
- Both lawyers, they met in New York City in June 2018 on a date set up by a mutual friend.
June 2018: Naomi Biden and Peter Neal met in New York City on a date set up by a mutual friend.
Biden and Neal are both lawyers.
Neal graduated from law school at the University of Pennsylvania in May. During his studies, he completed externships at the National Security Division of the Department of Justice and the US House General Counsel's Office.
Biden graduated from Columbia Law School in 2020 and works as an associate attorney at Arnold & Porter, a law firm in Washington, DC. She is Hunter Biden's eldest daughter and one of the president's seven grandchildren.
December 2019: Neal wished Biden a happy birthday in a sweet Instagram post.
"Happy birthday to my partner in everything @naomibiden who is the most brilliant and beautiful best friend," Neal wrote. "She is more kind, loving, and thoughtful than the world deserves and we are all, and me in particular, lucky to get another trip around the sun with her."
April 2020: Biden and Neal created an online quiz helping people and small businesses determine their eligibility for COVID-19-related government aid.
While quarantining together and completing their law school coursework online, Biden and Neal created the My CARES Act Benefits quiz. The website broke down the 335-page Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act into a series of questions that people could answer to see if they qualified for any aid from the $2.2 trillion stimulus package.
"There had to be a better way for the programs and the eligibility to be communicated with people," Neal told MTV News in 2020.
"It was either that or watch Curb Your Enthusiasm for the third time in a row," Biden joked.
January 2021: Biden and Neal attended President Joe Biden's inauguration together.
The day after the inauguration, Neal posted a photo on Instagram of him and Biden on a White House balcony from the night before.
September 2021: Neal proposed near his childhood home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The band of Biden's engagement ring belonged to Neal's grandmother.
Biden announced the news on Instagram with a photo of her and Neal captioned "Forever" with a heart emoji.
November 2021: Neal joined the Bidens for Thanksgiving in Nantucket.
The Biden family has spent Thanksgiving in Nantucket in a tradition dating back to when Joe Biden was a young senator in 1975.
The president wrote in his 2017 memoir "Promise Me, Dad" that his grandchildren took to calling the island "Nana-tucket" after their grandmother Dr. Jill Biden, "even when they were old enough to know better."
December 2021: Neal helped welcome the new White House puppy, Commander.
Neal and Biden also have a dog of their own named Charlie.
June 2022: The couple spent time on the beach in Delaware for Father's Day.
Natalie Biden told press gathered at Rehoboth Beach that her family spent Father's Day having dinner together and doing puzzles.
July 2022: Biden announced that their wedding would be held on the South Lawn of the White House on November 19.
Biden tweeted that "much to the relief of Secret Service and with the dogs' endorsement…we'll be getting married on the South Lawn! Couldn't be more excited."
The South Lawn hosts celebratory gatherings like the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, as well as official functions like a recent event marking the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in July.
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