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President Joe Biden, Wife Jill Quickly Evacuate After Aircraft Mistakenly Enters POTUS' Delaware Home During Another Weekend Vacation

President Joe Biden, Wife Jill Quickly Evacuate After Aircraft Mistakenly Enters POTUS' Delaware Home During Another Weekend Vacation
President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden immediately evacuate after an aircraft mistakenly enters their Delaware home during the couple's weekend break. Win McNamee/ Getty Images

The Secret Service claimed Saturday that a jet that forced President Joe Biden to abandon his private property accidentally entered the airspace over the Delaware beach house.

Because the pilot was not on the proper radio channel, the private aircraft entered the secure area above the property in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, shortly before 1 pm, prompting the president's relocation as a precautionary measure, according to Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi.

Joe and Jill Biden in Delaware

The plane was quickly escorted out of the restricted area, and the pilot will be interviewed by the Secret Service, as per Guglielmi.

Rehoboth Beach Police blocked down Rehoboth Avenue in the afternoon when the aircraft was discovered. Shortly later, Biden arrived at the Rehoboth Fire Station via motorcade. The path reopened some days after his departure.

On Thursday, Biden traveled to Delaware after giving speeches asking for stricter gun regulation. He has taken more vacation days than his predecessors, with an estimated 188 full or partial days away from the White House, 130 of which were spent at his Delaware holdings, Washington Examiner reported.

Joe Biden Has Most Vacations of Any US President

Joe Biden was spotted strolling down the beach Saturday afternoon after being forced to flee his Delaware beach house, as he continues to take the most vacations of any president in history.

The president, 79, was seen by FOX News wearing dark-colored shorts, a navy blue polo shirt, and a baseball cap as he strolled along the Delaware beachfront. He was surrounded by Secret Service agents, all of whom wore polo shirts as they walked across the sand.

The president's beach trip allowed the pair to celebrate Jill Biden's birthday outside the White House on Friday. However, he is currently on course to take more vacation than any of his predecessors.

Without including this weekend's excursion, Biden has spent 188 full or half days away from the White House, either at his two Delaware homes, Camp David, or on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket.

This is divided into 130 days at either Rehoboth or Wilmington, Delaware, and 52 days in Camp David, the presidential retreat.

And as of Sunday, Biden has been in office for 500 days, implying that the president had spent more than one-third of his time in office on vacation. At that pace, the president will be roughly 550 days away from the White House in the four years of his first term - and just 1,106 for two terms. He has stayed true to his word, returning to his home state of Delaware whenever possible, especially on weekends.

When compared to other presidents, Biden is on course to be the most vacationed president in US history. During his one-term presidency, former President Donald Trump spent 381 days away from the White House, largely at his estates in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, and Bedminster, New Jersey.

During his presidential campaign, Trump frequently criticized his predecessor, Barack Obama, for being a frequent vacationer. Former President Obama, on the other hand, took just 328 vacation days over his two terms - or eight years - in office, which is 53 days less than Trump took in only half the time.

Obama had 29 vacations totaling 235 days, as well as 39 visits to Camp David, totaling 93 full or half days away from the White House. Many of Obama's vacations were to Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, as well as multiple trips to Hawaii, where he grew up, according to Daily Mail.

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