Joe Biden announced on Twitter the death after 13 years of "loving companion" Champ, the eldest of his two German Shepherds.
"I will miss him," he wrote, posting a common note with the first lady in which he remembers the good times the whole family spent with him.
Our family lost our loving companion Champ today.
I will miss him.
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- President Biden (@POTUS) June 19, 2021
"Our hearts are heavy today as we let you know that our beloved German Shepherd, Champ, died peacefully at home. He has been our beloved and constant companion for the past 13 years and was adored by the entire Biden family." , reads the text. "Even as Champ's strength waned in the last few months, when we walked into a room he would immediately pick himself up, wag his tail and rub his muzzle on us for an ear or belly scratch," he continues. "Wherever we were - recalls the presidential couple - he wanted to be there, and everything was instantly better when he was close to us. He loved nothing more than to curl up at our feet in front of the fireplace at the end of a day,join us as a comforting presence in meetings or sunbathe in the gardens of the White House. "" When he was young, he was delighted to chase the golf balls on the lawn in front of the Naval Observatory (the vice president's residence) or run to catch our grandchildren while they were running around the back of the house in Delaware ", recall Biden and his wife." In our most joyful moments and in the most painful days he was with us, sensitive to all our emotions and unspoken feelings, we love our sweet, good guy and we will always miss him ", they conclude. In recent months Mayor, the youngest and most turbulent of the presidential couple's dogs, had bitten a Secret Service agent and had been turned away to take a course that trained him to adapt to the new environment.Then he returned to the White House, where Jill has been heralding the arrival of a cat in recent weeks.
