Former President Joe Biden has selected nearby Delaware for his presidential library, write Ruby Cramer and Matt Viser for The Washington Post.
Biden is forming a new board of friends, advisors, and political leaders to select the site to best serve the future library and start raising the millions required for the project.
Planning for the presidential library started soon after Biden left office in January.
The 13-person board is chaired by Rufus Gifford, a former U.S. ambassador and Democratic strategist who has been handling fundraising for presidential candidates over the past two decades. He has not offered a cost estimate, though previous presidential libraries have cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Even before the announcement, it was widely assumed Biden would choose Delaware, having started his political career there as a member of the New Castle County Council in 1971. He also represented the state as a U.S. senator for nearly four decades before serving as vice president under Obama.
The former president has already donated his vast collection of papers to the University of Delaware, where he completed his undergraduate studies. Meanwhile, his wife Jill Biden has a small connection to Chester County, as she attended West Chester University for her master’s degree.
“He’s Delaware Joe,” said the state’s governor, Matt Meyer.
Read more about where the next presidential library is to be constructed in The Washington Post.
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on VISTA.Today in September 2025.
