Champ and Major
dogs owned by Jill and Joe Biden
Champ (October 2008 – June 19, 2021) and Major (born January 2018) are pet German Shepherds owned by President of the United States Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.[1][2]
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Major is the first shelter dog to have lived in the White House.[3][4]
Champ died on June 19, 2021 at the Biden family home in Wilmington, Delaware at the age of 12.[5]
References
change- ↑ Sophie Vershbow (7 November 2020). "Another Great Thing About Biden's Win: There's Going to Be a Dog in the White House Again!". Vogue. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ↑ Morales, Christina (November 8, 2020). "Biden to Restore a White House Tradition of Presidential Pets". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ↑ Wertheim, Bonnie (November 10, 2020). "Dog People Are Loving This (at Least Some of Them)". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ↑ Slater, Georgia (November 7, 2020). "President-Elect Joe Biden's German Shepherd Major to Be First Rescue Dog in the White House". People. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Statement by the President and the First Lady on the Passing of their Beloved German Shepherd, Champ". whitehouse.gov. June 19, 2021.
