From Biden to Kennedy: The storied tradition of a shirtless POTUS
When you’re the president of the free world, it seems, it only takes a little bit of skin to get a heck of a lot of attention. A photo of President Joe Biden standing shirtless this Sunday on Delaware’s Rehoboth Beach went viral this weekend, drawing hundreds of thousands of views on social media. It even sparked some flattering comparisons between the 80-year-old president and Hollywood sweetheart Ryan Gosling, who stars as the Ken whose “job is just beach” in the summer blockbuster “Barbie.” The surprising swoon over the bare-chested Biden doesn’t mark the first time the internet has gone wild over a shirtless POTUS. In 2020, former President Barack Obama also caused quite a stir when paparazzi caught him paddleboarding in Hawaii. But the Biden beach bonanza does offer a friendly reminder that elected officials don’t spend all their time in stuffy suits or poorly lit offices, even if people seem flabbergasted when they learn otherwise. So, to disprove those rumors — and, of course, b
When you’re the president of the free world, it seems, it only takes a little bit of skin to get a heck of a lot of attention.
A photo of President Joe Biden standing shirtless this Sunday on Delaware’s Rehoboth Beach went viral this weekend, drawing hundreds of thousands of views on social media. It even sparked some flattering comparisons between the 80-year-old president and Hollywood sweetheart Ryan Gosling, who stars as the Ken whose “job is just beach” in the summer blockbuster “Barbie.”
The surprising swoon over the bare-chested Biden doesn’t mark the first time the internet has gone wild over a shirtless POTUS. In 2020, former President Barack Obama also caused quite a stir when paparazzi caught him paddleboarding in Hawaii.
But the Biden beach bonanza does offer a friendly reminder that elected officials don’t spend all their time in stuffy suits or poorly lit offices, even if people seem flabbergasted when they learn otherwise.
So, to disprove those rumors — and, of course, because there seems to be such a big appetite for this stuff — POLITICO put together a slideshow of past presidents having some fun in the sun.
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