The incomes of Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were also published. Most of the Bidens' income comes from the president's $400,000 salary, along with pensions.
The first lady earned $85,985 from her teaching position at Northern Virginia Community College. The Bidens paid $146,629 in federal tax, at a rate of 23.7%, and donated $20,477 to 17 different charities, including $5,000 to the Foundation named after Beau Biden, the president’s late son. The couple paid $88,570 in federal taxes, equivalent to a rates of 19.7%. The couple gave $23,026 to charities,including donations to Central Kitchen, Howard University and the University of Southern California. The income in 2023 increased from the $579,514 the couple earned in 2022, according to their joint tax return released by the White House. The White House stated that the long tradition of annually publishing presidential tax returns should continue uninterrupted.