Fly eagle, fly! Jill Biden returns to Philadelphia to watch her hometown team crush the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game and advance to the Super Bowl
- First Lady Jill Biden was in the audience at the NFC Championship Game to watch her Philadelphia Eagles play the San Francisco 49ers
- She and President Joe Biden arrived from Camp David, Delaware, around noon, with the first lady wearing an Eagles-branded top
- The White House then announced that Dr. Biden will be separated from her husband to attend the Eagles game
First Lady Jill Biden returned to her hometown of Philadelphia on Sunday to watch her beloved Eagles play the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
She and President Joe Biden arrived from Camp David, Delaware, around noon, with the first lady wearing an Eagles-branded top.
The White House then announced that Dr. Biden will part ways with her husband to attend the Eagles game – marking her second visit to Lincoln Financial Field as First Lady.
She was spotted in a private party suite alongside NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. She later posted a photo from the game standing next to grandson Hunter, son of the late Beau Biden.
The Eagles won 31-7 and advanced to the Super Bowl.
dr Biden was born in New Jersey but grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, a town just north of Philadelphia.
First Lady Jill Biden (right) wore Eagles gear when she arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard base on Sunday. She broke away from President Joe Biden (left) and headed to Lincoln Financial Field
Sunday’s Eagles game is the second game that Dr. Biden attended as First Lady. She watched the Eagles defeat the Dallas Cowboys in October
Eagles fans line up at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday before the Philadelphia team plays the San Francisco 49ers
In October, Dr. Biden how the Eagles took on the Dallas Cowboys.
The Eagles beat the Texas team 26-17.
She took to the field with cancer survivors while performing the Eagles fight song Fly Eagles Fly as part of the Biden administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.
The moment made headlines because a manipulated clip that appeared to show the crowd booing the first lady soon began circulating the internet.
It later turned out that the video had been manipulated.
Philadelphia sports fans have a reputation for hostility thanks to a 1968 incident in which Eagles fans were so angry at the team’s poor season that they booed Santa Claus.
Biden returned to Philadelphia in November to compete in Game Four of the World Series — attending a Stand Up To Cancer salute and paying tribute to Beau Biden and late minor league Phillies pitcher Corey Phelan.
The die-hard Phillies fan announced their presence at the game during a brief moment of silence throughout Citizens Bank Park as spectators held up tribute cards.
First Lady Jill Biden appeared to wipe away a tear after participants in game four of the World Series stood up for a memorial service for Stand Up to Cancer in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, a solemn moment during an otherwise noisy affair
First Lady Jill Biden grew up in suburban Philadelphia and has been a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies since childhood. She wore a Phillies jersey after her team won their series against the San Diego Padres
dr Biden has read “Pop – Jim’s Dad” and “Beau + Corey”. Pop was her sister Kim’s father-in-law.
Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015, while Phelan died a few weeks ago after a battle with a rare and aggressive cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Phelan, 20, played for the minor league team that drafted into the Phillies.
One photo showed Biden appearing to wipe away a tear after the solemn moment.
She wore a World Series jacket with “BIDEN” written on the back, a souvenir of Philly’s final run at the championship.
Biden later reappeared on the Jumbotron screens, with cameras cropping to her after showing a trio of celebrities attending the game: Bruce Springsteen, Miles Teller and Kate Upton.