When Michelle Obama was the first lady of the United States and Joe Biden was the vice president of the United States, it stands to reason that the relationship between the two men should be okay, and in public, they did show "togetherness".
But it is easy to find that when the 81-year-old Joe Biden was preparing to run for re-election, the 60-year-old Michelle never spoke out to express her support, and she did not even attend the state banquet held by Biden, leaving her husband to attend alone.
On June 27, local time, the American media uncovered the reason for Michelle's refusal to help Biden's campaign, which was very personal, but it was also widely praised......
The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Michelle was reluctant to contribute to Biden because she was unhappy with the attitude of the president and his family towards Kathleen Anne Buhle.
"Former President Barack Obama's wife has privately expressed her displeasure with Bull's apparent expulsion from the Biden family years ago, after which she has largely avoided the 2024 campaign," at least two people familiar with the matter said similar words.
Catherine, 55, is Biden's ex-daughter-in-law, Hunter Biden's ex-wife, and the mother of Biden's three granddaughters. Despite her close relationship with the Biden family, she officially changed her surname from Biden back to her maiden name Bull after her divorce in 2019, which shows how reluctant she is to continue to keep in touch with the family.
Catherine found out in 2015 that her husband Hunter had a series of bad and even criminal behaviors (including alcoholism, drug abuse, etc.), and then asked for separation, and filed for divorce the following year. Catherine claims that Hunter cheated on herself and squandered her family's savings on dirty things.
It is reported that during the divorce, Catherine was very dependent on Michelle, who was originally her best friend.
And Michelle and Catherine's friendship has long been fully confirmed, and even Catherine's infamous ex-husband wrote in his memoirs about their girlfriend relationship, they "worked out together in the gym, often drank evening cocktails at the White House, both at formal and informal events".
While Catherine is not to blame for the failed marriage, the Biden family doesn't think so, especially since Hunter also has a hint in his published memoirs that "his ex-wife didn't support herself in her own hard times."
According to people familiar with the matter, Michelle has privately told others that after the details of Catherine and Hunter's 22-year marriage were exposed, she believed that her friend had been treated unfairly by the Biden family.
This is also the reason why many people praise Michelle, thinking that she is affectionate and righteous, and she is very sincere to her friends.
Michelle was reluctant to help Biden's 2020 campaign four years ago, but she was "warned" by Democrats that it would be risky if she didn't participate, and she was eventually persuaded to join the campaign.
But I don't know why Michelle is so resolute this time, even if Biden's campaign situation is not very optimistic, she is not willing to help. Her husband had to go on his own journey, attending multiple fundraisers with Biden and even guiding the aging president off the stage to keep him in place.
In response to the news, a White House spokesman also responded, denying the feud between the former first lady and the current president, "The Biden and Obama families are like family, and whoever makes these assertions about this relationship does not know the facts." ”
That said, Michelle did keep quiet about Biden's campaign, with one exception, of course, when she retweeted Biden's campaign announcement.