Exclusive: Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens

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Exclusive: Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens
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The family tensions — and the former first lady's disdain for partisan politics — are partly why one of the Democrats' most popular voices hasn't campaigned for President Biden's re-election, at least so far.

Share on email her close friend Kathleen Buhle after Buhle's messy divorce from Hunter Biden , two people familiar with the relationship told Axios.tensions — and the former first lady's disdain for partisan politics — are partly why one of the Democrats ' most popular voices hasn't campaigned for Michelle Obama also was initially reluctant to campaign for Biden after he became the Democratic nominee in 2020, people familiar with the situation told Axios.

Obama attended a reception at a state dinner for Kenya's president at the White House in May, without the former first lady. Speaking about his daughters at a splashy Hollywood fundraiser for Biden this month, Barack Obama said: "Michelle drilled into them so early that you would be crazy to go into politics."This week, Jill Biden attended the memorial service for Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson, a source familiar with her travel told Axios.surprised himMichelle Obama did participate in the 2020 campaign after Democrats privately argued to her that the stakes were too high for her to sit out.

Buhle writing the book with some unflattering details about the family, but Buhle's defenders noted that she wrote it only after Hunter's own book had included intimate details about their marriage and his addictions.

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