President Joe Biden and the first lady were leaving their campaign headquarters on Sunday night when a silver copper sedan with Delaware plates, hit one of the vehicles in their parked motorcade, according to White House pool reports.
The president and first lady are safe. They were visiting the Biden campaign headquarters to have dinner with staff before the incident occurred.
Just after 8 p.m. as rain was pouring down, the Bidens exited the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington.
President Biden at the time was responding to a question from a pool reporter, who asked about why he was losing to former President Donald Trump in the polls. President Biden responded, “You’re reading the wrong polls.”
Moments after responding, “there was a loud bang and POTUS was standing outside [his] vehicle with a surprised expression on his face,” according to pool reports.
The U.S. Secret Service then quickly rushed President Biden aboard his vehicle, while the sedan—approximately 40-50 feet away—was quickly cornered by Secret Service agents, who pulled their weapons on the male driver. Pool reporters were then shuffled from the area.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have since left the headquarters in their motorcade and have returned safely back to their Delaware home.
Wilmington police later described the incident as an “accidental collision.”
The sedan’s driver, a 46-year-old male who has not been named, was charged with drink driving, a police spokesman said.
The Secret Service said, “there was no protective interest associated with this event.”
