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Joe Biden was seen Saturday afternoon strolling along the beach after he was forced to evacuate his Delaware beach home – as he remains on track to take the most vacations of any president in history.
The president, 79, was snapped by FOX News donning dark-colored shorts, a navy blue polo shirt and a baseball cap as he strolled along the Delaware coast.
He was flanked by a slew of Secret Service agents – each of whom also wore polo shirts as they trekked across the sand.
The photo came shortly after the president and wife Jill were forced to evacuate their Rehoboth Beach vacation home after a light aircraft veered into the area.
Both Biden and first lady were rushed to a local fire station following the breach, as two military jets were scrambled to escort the plane from the restricted airspace.
A preliminary investigation revealed the small plane entered the restricted airspace above Biden’s vacation home ‘by mistake’ and there was ‘no threat to the President or his family,’ a Secret Service spokesperson confirmed.
President Joe Biden was snapped Saturday afternoon donning a blue polo, a dark hat and dark shorts after he was evacuated from his Rehoboth Beach
The Secret Service issued a statement claiming the small private plane entered the restricted airspace ‘by mistake’ and there was ‘no threat to the President or his family’
The president’s beach vacation comes as a way for the couple to celebrate Jill Biden’s birthday – which was on Friday – outside of the White House.
But he is now on track to take more vacation time than any of his predecessors.
Not counting this weekend’s trip, Biden has spent 188 full or partial days away from the White House vacationing at either of his two Delaware properties, at Camp David or on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket.
This is broken down by 130 days in either Rehoboth or Wilmington, Delaware, 52 days at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Frederick, Maryland and six days on the luxury island of Nantucket.
And as of Sunday, Biden has been in office for 500 days – meaning that the president has spent more than one-third of his time in office on vacation.
At that rate, the president is on track around 550 days away from the White House in the four years of his first term – and would amount to just 1,106 for two terms
The president is on track to spend the most time in office vacationing away from the White House than any other president in U.S. history. If he continues at this rate, he will spend 1,106 days vacationing over the course of two terms
Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are pictured walking to Marine One at Cape Henlopen State Park on Sunday as they returned to the White House
The couple had spent the weekend at their Rehoboth Beach vacation home to celebrate the first lady’s birthday – which was on Friday
The president has previously referred to the White House as a ‘gilded cage’.
‘Every time I get a chance, I go home to Delaware,’ Biden said in February. ‘You think I’m joking. I’m not.’
He has kept true to this comment, taking every chance he gets to go back to his home state of Delaware – especially on weekends.
Stacking this up against past presidents, Biden is on track to be the most highly vacationed president in U.S. history.
During former President Donald Trump’s one term in office, he spent 381 days vacationing away from the White House at his several properties across the country – but mostly in Mar-a-Lago, Florida and Bedminster, New Jersey.
Like all presidents, Trump insisted that a lot of his trips out of Washington, D.C. were ‘working vacations.’
Trump, during his candidacy for president, would often slam his predecessor Barack Obama for being a ‘habitual vacationer’.
But former President Obama took only 328 vacation days in his two terms – or eight years – in office, which is 53 days less than Trump took in just half the time in office. Obama’s trips broken down included 29 vacations spanning 235 days as well as 39 visits to Camp David that added up to 93 full or partial days away from the White House.
Many of Obama’s trips were to Martha’s Vineyard island off of Massachusetts, as well as several trips to Hawaii, which is where he was raised.
Biden (pictured Friday at the White House) has previously referred to the presidential quarters as a ‘gilded cage,’ and is now on track to have the most vacations of any other president
Biden is seen boarding Marine One on Thursday as he and Jill depart for Rehoboth
The president is seen from the window of Marine One of Thursday, sporting a face mask, as he prepared to travel to his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware
Biden’s projected 1,106 vacation days in two terms will surpass the previous most vacationed president – George W. Bush.
Bush Jr. took 1,020 vacation days over his eight years, preferring to spend time on his ranch in Texas than in Washington, D.C.
When asked about the visits to his home state, Bush told AP at the time: ‘I’m able to clear my mind, and it helps me put it all in perspective.’
While president, Bush visited his ranch 77 times spanning all or part of 490 days. He also made 11 visits to his parents home in Kennebunkport, Maine over 43 full or partial days, and 149 visits to Camp David for 487 days.
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