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Who would have guessed that we’d have a South African within the White Home?
Or fairly, with entry to the White Home – I doubt President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and his spouse, South African born Melissa Cohen Biden, will probably be residing there.
They are going to be a part of the ‘first household’, which is fairly cool.
34-year-old Melissa appeared with the Biden household on stage in Wilmington, Delaware, as the brand new US president-elect thanked the nation in his victory speech.
Per Business Insider SA, she married Hunter final 12 months (inside six days of assembly him), in a small secret ceremony in her condominium in Los Angeles.
Earlier this 12 months, they welcomed their first son, who took centre stage together with his grandpa on the ceremony.
Picture: Tasos Katopodis / Getty
Hunter now has 5 youngsters, together with three daughters from his first spouse, and a fourth from a short relationship.
Again to these South African ties.
Melissa was adopted right into a Jozi household, the place she is the youngest of 4, and the one woman. She attended King David Excessive Faculty Victory Park, following which she studied on the College of Johannesburg, earlier than shifting to the Greenside School of Design, graduating with a qualification in inside design.
Picture: Melissa Cohen Biden
She has claimed prior to now that she was raised by an isiXhosa lady, who took her for frequent visits to the Transkei. Due to this, she solely realized to talk English when she was six.
She moved to America when she was 21, the place she works as a documentary filmmaker and co-owns an organization that promotes indigenous conservation. She is enthusiastic about social justice points together with the setting, abused and endangered animals, and mistreated indigenous peoples, employees, and refugees.
Melissa met Hunter by a mutual pal, says Cape Town Etc, who wrote her quantity on his hand and insisted that he name her. Inside days of assembly, he acquired a “Shalom” tattoo equivalent to hers.
Picture: Philip Montgomery
Melissa was married earlier than Hunter. Her former husband, Rob Mendez, says that he has “nothing however love” for her. On her relationship with Hunter, he says “she discovered love and he or she’s comfortable. She’s sincere to God a tremendous woman; extraordinarily clever.”
In keeping with SA People, they break up amicably as a result of she needed to start out a household, however he already had three youngsters and wasn’t eager for extra.
Given how Hunter Biden’s life has grow to be a nationwide obsession for half of America, I’m positive extra info will come to gentle within the months to return.
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