FORMER First Lady Jill Biden stood out from the pack with a glaring fashion choice at late Vice President Dick Cheney’s memorial service on Thursday.
She appeared to break funeral protocol before she was forced to interact with her husband’s ex-running mate Kamala Harris for the first time in months.
The Bidens joined many other high-powered politicians to remember the life of Cheney, who served as President George W Bush’s vice president from 2001 to 2009.
Cheney died from cardiovascular disease on November 3 at the age of 84.
The pews in Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC were filled with mourners all dressed in black as they paid their respects.
But standing out from the crowd was Jill, whose bright white scarf flashed against her skirt and jacket.
Curious onlookers wondered why the former first lady, celebrated for her fashion choices, chose the flashing fabric, as it’s customary to dress in all black.
One X user speculated that the scarf could be a symbol for “I surrender.”
Jill walked in with her husband Joe, and she was sat beside Harris, who notably attended without her lawyer husband Doug Emhoff.
The two shared some pleasantries before Harris struck up a brief conversation with her former boss.
At one point, Jill stood straight-faced while the former colleagues caught up.
This is the first time the trio has been seen publicly together since Harris released her memoir, 107 Days, in which she criticized Biden for waiting to call off his 2024 presidential campaign.
At one point, Harris claimed that Biden called her hours before her presidential debate with Donald Trump and indicated that some of his brother’s powerful associates refused to support her.
She also called Biden’s decision to run for re-election “reckless” and said it “should have been left to his ego.”
MISSING TRUMP
Although Cheney was a powerful presence in the Republican Party throughout his years, President Donald Trump wasn’t invited to the ceremony.
Cheney heavily criticized Trump in his final years, at one point calling him a “coward.”
He stood by his daughter Liz Cheney, who infamously turned on her own party to endorse Harris’ presidential campaign.
Trump has been eerily silent about Cheney’s death, and Vice President JD Vance just now mentioned him on Thursday.
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