Photos show Joe Biden’s 6,850-square-foot Delaware home where he’ll likely move after the White House

Joe Biden holds a meeting at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. — President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at his Delaware home.
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Joe Biden and Jill Biden own a 6,850-square-foot home in Greenville, Delaware, a Wilmington suburb.
Biden campaigned from his basement in 2020 and has hosted world leaders at his home as president.
The home was the subject of a DOJ investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.

In 1996, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden purchased 4 acres of land in Greenville, Delaware, and built a 6,850-square-foot lakefront home.

The Bidens also own a six-bedroom beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, but their Greenville home remains their primary residence where Biden will likely return after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this month.

Take a look inside the Bidens’ Delaware home.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Bidens’ primary residence is located in Greenville, Delaware, a suburb of Wilmington.

Joe Biden's lakefront home in Wilmington, Delaware. — An aerial view of the Bidens’ lakefront home in Delaware.
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Located 4 miles from downtown Wilmington, Greenville is a quiet town with a median home listing price of $1.11 million, according to Realtor.com.

The Bidens originally purchased the 4-acre lot for $350,000, The Wall Street Journal reported. Now, it’s worth at least $2 million.

The home they built features three bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms, according to Zillow.

Biden wrote in his 2017 memoir, “Promise Me, Dad,” that he considered taking out a second mortgage on the house to support his son Beau Biden’s family during Beau’s cancer treatment.

Biden wrote that when he told President Barack Obama of his plan, Obama said, “Don’t do that. I’ll give you the money.”

The house is situated on the banks of a 10-acre man-made pond.

Joe Biden with the Australian Prime Minister on his porch at home in Wilmington, Delaware. — President Joe Biden with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia.
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Biden brought Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese out onto the patio overlooking the pond in September.

The home also features a swimming pool, an amenity Biden was known to enjoy at the official vice president’s residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.

Biden’s home was more accessible to the public while he was serving in the Senate.

Reporters play Frisbee outside Joe Biden's home in Delaware. — Wilmington News Journal reporters in front of then-Sen. Joe Biden’s home.
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In 2008, reporters from the Wilmington News Journal camped out at Biden’s home and played Frisbee on the lawn while waiting to see if he’d be chosen as Barack Obama’s running mate.

Once he became vice president and then president, the property became heavily guarded.

Security outside Joe Biden's home in Delaware. — Security personnel at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Secret Service members surveil the residence when Biden visits.

During his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden held virtual events from his basement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton at a virtual town hall campaign event in 2016. — President Joe Biden, then a presidential candidate, and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton at an online town hall in 2020.
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Shelves in the background of Biden’s video calls appeared to hold books, photos, and other mementos.

As president, he has hosted world leaders such as the prime ministers of Australia, Japan, and India at his Delaware residence.

Joe Biden with the Australian Prime Minister at his home in Delaware. — President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at his home in Wilmington, Delaware.
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz

Biden made frequent trips home to Delaware while serving in the White House, spending about half of his weekends in his home state.

The residence features a home office where Biden has worked while serving as president and vice president.

Joe Biden's home office in Wilmington, Delaware. — President Joe Biden on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his home office.
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As an outgoing US senator, Biden purchased the desk he used in the Senate to furnish his home.

The office has enough room to host meetings with dignitaries and staff.

The spacious office has wood paneling and plush leather armchairs.

Biden’s home became the subject of a Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.

An image from special counsel Robert Hur's report showed a filing cabinet in President Joe Biden's home office with notebooks that were seized during the investigation. — An image from special counsel Robert Hur’s report showed a filing cabinet in President Joe Biden’s home office with notebooks that were seized during the investigation.
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In November and December 2022, Biden’s attorneys discovered classified documents in the president’s former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and in his garage and turned them over to the National Archives. In January 2023, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed US Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate the mishandling of classified information.

The Justice Department searched Biden’s home and recovered six classified documents. Biden’s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, said that the search was voluntary and that some of the items dated back to Biden’s time in the Senate and as vice president.

Hur interviewed Biden in October 2023 about his storage of classified material. The transcripts showed that Biden described himself as a “frustrated architect” and spent large swaths of time talking about how he designed and furnished his home.

“In order to try to convince me not to run for the Senate for the 19th time, my wife said, ‘Look, you don’t run, I’ll pay for architectural school for you,” Biden told Hur.

Biden also shared how he “set up a theater” in his house to conduct virtual events and television appearances in 2020 because “we were campaigning out of our basement.”

After a yearlong investigation, Hur did not recommend charging the president with any crime, describing Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Hur’s report was derided by Democrats and Republicans alike, but it foreshadowed Biden’s poor debate performance, which ultimately led to him dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

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