When Champ and Major joined the Biden clan
Champ’s no stranger to life in D.C. Politico noted that he moved into the vice president’s residence with his family after the 2009 inauguration. He wasn’t the first of his breed to bear the last name Biden, however. In 2008, then Vice President-elect Joe Biden told ABC’s This Week, “I’ve had German shepherds since I was a kid, and I’ve actually trained them and shown them in the past (via Politico).” Champ was named in memory of Biden’s dad, who used to tell his son, “Anytime you get knocked down, champ — get up!” (Advice our new POTUS obviously took to heart.)
Major came along a decade later, when Ashley Biden urged her dad, who was looking for a companion for Champ, to look at some shelter pups that needed a home. The Bidens first fostered Major and then adopted him a few months later from the Delaware Humane Association (via NPR). The Delaware Humane Association couldn’t be prouder of their best-known success story, even throwing an online “Indoguration” a few days before Biden was sworn in as President (via YouTube). While these two are the White House’s only animal inhabitants at present, that may change pretty soon. Per The New York Times, the first lady has hinted that she might like a feline friend. Way to keep things bipartisan!
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When Champ and Major joined the Biden clan
Champ’s no stranger to life in D.C. Politico noted that he moved into the vice president’s residence with his family after the 2009 inauguration. He wasn’t the first of his breed to bear the last name Biden, however. In 2008, then Vice President-elect Joe Biden told ABC’s This Week, “I’ve had German shepherds since I was a kid, and I’ve actually trained them and shown them in the past (via Politico).” Champ was named in memory of Biden’s dad, who used to tell his son, “Anytime you get knocked down, champ — get up!” (Advice our new POTUS obviously took to heart.)
Major came along a decade later, when Ashley Biden urged her dad, who was looking for a companion for Champ, to look at some shelter pups that needed a home. The Bidens first fostered Major and then adopted him a few months later from the Delaware Humane Association (via NPR). The Delaware Humane Association couldn’t be prouder of their best-known success story, even throwing an online “Indoguration” a few days before Biden was sworn in as President (via YouTube). While these two are the White House’s only animal inhabitants at present, that may change pretty soon. Per The New York Times, the first lady has hinted that she might like a feline friend. Way to keep things bipartisan!
Major came along a decade later, when Ashley Biden urged her dad, who was looking for a companion for Champ, to look at some shelter pups that needed a home. The Bidens first fostered Major and then adopted him a few months later from the Delaware Humane Association (via NPR). The Delaware Humane Association couldn’t be prouder of their best-known success story, even throwing an online “Indoguration” a few days before Biden was sworn in as President (via YouTube).
While these two are the White House’s only animal inhabitants at present, that may change pretty soon. Per The New York Times, the first lady has hinted that she might like a feline friend. Way to keep things bipartisan!
