Just over an hour after the Pres Donald Trump After being sworn in, former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden departed D.C. by helicopter. The Nighthawk 46 — known as Marine One when the incumbent president is aboard — took them to Joint Base Andrews where the outgoing president addressed a crowd of supporters.
“It has been the honor of my life to serve as your president,” Biden told the cheering crowd before telling them: “It has been the honor of my life to serve as your president.”
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Biden and the former First Lady lead the 46th Special Air Force Mission at Joint Base Andrews after the inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
After he finished his short remarks, the former president and his wife headed to California's Santa Ynez Valley to spend some personal time.
While some went to Santa Barbara Airport hoping to see Biden's plane land, however, a “no fly” notice in the airspace around Vandenberg indicated the former president would land there, local newspaper KEYT reported.
“He and Jill visited last summer, so this is their second visit in less than a year,” Shelby Sim, president/CEO of Visit the Santa Ynez Valley, told People magazine. Sim also told the outlet that there is a “rumor” that the former president is looking to buy a home in the area, but insisted that this visit is “solely for research and development.”
Biden and the former first lady walk to Air Force One during a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on January 20, 2025, after Trump's inauguration.
Biden also traveled to the Santa Ynez Valley after the former president delivered his speech at the Democratic National Convention just weeks after withdrawing from the 2024 election. They reportedly stayed with a “friend” of billionaire donor Joe Kiani New York Post reported at the time.
Kayani gave Biden's super PAC, founding committee and inaugural committee nearly $3 million, according to House Republicans who objected to the relationship. Meanwhile, in September 2021, Kayani won an appointment from Biden to his Science and Technology Board of Advisors, which advises the executive branch on policy matters related to Kayani's medical technology business, Massimo. Since Biden took office in January 2021, Massimo has received nearly $3 million in federal contracts, according to Republicans.
During their last visit to the region after the then-president dropped out of the race in August, the Biden family reportedly stayed at the Kayani Reservation, an 8,000-acre estate owned by the billionaire donor of the same name.
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Biden and the former First Lady leave by helicopter to be transported from the East Front of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., after Trump's swearing-in on January 20, 2025.
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Little is known about where the Biden family will go after leaving the White House, as the family has not yet announced their plans. the Former President He has two homes in Delaware — one in Wilmington and one in Rehoboth Beach — but has not said whether either will serve as his home base after the presidency. However, if the rumor Sim referred to turns out to be true, the Bidens may settle on the West Coast.
Fox News Digital's Alec Shimel contributed to this report.
