Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms, White House says

Jill Biden, the wife of U.S. President Joe Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before the president, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday.

Jill Biden, the wife of U.S. President Joe Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before the president, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday.

Biden's 72-year-old wife, whose symptoms were described as mild, last had COVID-19 in August of last year. The president, now 80, last tested positive in July 2022.

"This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19," her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a statement. "She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware."