The portraits were first unveiled in 2018 at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, but former President Donald Trump never hosted the Obamas to have their portraits displayed at the White House.
Since they were unveiled in 2018, the portraits have toured across the country, starting in Chicago last year.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the middle of the last century, the White House Historical Association has paid for the paintings. Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama's vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan's ceremony, was Reagan's No. 2.
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