‘We stayed up and had a glass of wine’: Jill Biden takes granddaughters to Spain as she arrives for Joe for NATO meeting and joins Queen Letizia for a tour of the cancer center
- Jill Biden arrived in Spain for President Biden for NATO meeting
- Finnegan and Maisy Biden went on a trip with her
- Jill Biden met Spanish Queen Letizia
- “I brought my two granddaughters with me,” the first lady said to the queen as they sat down in the Palacio de la Zarzuela. ‘We stayed up and had a glass of wine’
- The two women toured a cancer research center
- President Biden arrives in Madrid on Tuesday
Jill Biden arrived in Spain for President Joe Biden for the NATO meeting and began her journey with a visit to Spain’s Queen Letizia.
And she didn’t just travel to Madrid.
“I brought my two granddaughters with me,” the first lady said to the queen as they sat down in the Palacio de la Zarzuela. “We stayed up and had a glass of wine.”
Finnegan Biden was already in Spain and met her grandmother. Maisy traveled to Spain with Jill Biden.
The girls were not with her at Monday’s events. Jill Biden told Letizia they were at the US embassy.
The two women hugged each other at the meeting and greeted each other warmly.
Jill Biden wore a red dress suit with gold buttons on her jacket. Letizia wore a black and white polka-dot dress.
Jill Biden and Spain’s Queen Letizia visited the headquarters of the Spanish Cancer Society AECC in Madrid
The two women wore masks as they toured the center and met researchers
Jill Biden and Queen Letizia greeted each other warmly and exchanged hugs
Jill Biden and granddaughter Finnegan Biden arrive in Spain on Sunday evening
Jill Biden told Queen Letizia that she took two of her granddaughters to Spain and they stayed up drinking a glass of wine
Jill Biden wore a red dress suit with gold buttons on the jacket; Queen Letizia wore a black and white polka dot dress
She and Letizia also visited the Spanish Cancer Association. The first lady has been deeply involved in the fight against cancer since the Bidens’ son, Beau, died of brain cancer in 2015.
Both women wore face masks as they met investigators and toured the center.
Jill Biden arrived in Spain on Sunday night and will be in the country through Wednesday.
She defeated President Biden, who will not arrive until Tuesday afternoon. The president is at the G7 conference in Germany.
Jill Biden skipped that part of the trip, missing a walk the spouses – which included Carrie Johnson of the UK and Brigitte Macron of France – took around Lake Ferchensee.
On Tuesday, she and Queen Letizia will visit a Ukrainian refugee center.
They will then attend an official dinner that evening with their husbands, President Biden and King Felipe VI.
Queen Letizia of Spain (R) and First Lady Jill Baiden (L) visit the Cancer Association
Jill Biden arrived in Spain Sunday night ahead of President Biden arriving Tuesday
Jill Biden skipped the G7 portion of the trip and missed a hike the spouses took around Lake Ferchensee; from left: Christian Neureuther, former professional skier, Carrie Johnson, wife of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Miriam Neureuther, former professional biathlete and cross-country skier, French first lady Brigitte Macron, Britta Ernst, wife of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Amelie Derbaudrenghien , partner of the President of the European Council Charles Michel