ONLY ON YAHOO! SHINE: Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Share Details of the Bidens’ Daughter’s Upcoming Wedding and Secret Holiday Traditions at the White House

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Shine (http://shine.yahoo.com), the leading women’s lifestyle website with more than 30 million visitors per month, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden reveal family secrets -- The First and Second Lady share their families’ secret holiday traditions including the Obamas’ grab bag full of funny presents and how Vice President Biden goes downstairs on Christmas Day first to ensure Santa has left presents. Yahoo! solicited questions for the interview from Yahoo! users and among the nearly 5,000 responses was the question about family traditions at the White House.

Separately, Dr. Jill Biden reveals that her daughter will be getting married in the Bidens’ home state of Delaware, rather than at the White House. Ashley Biden, 30, and Dr. Howard Krein announced their engagement on Monday, Oct. 31. There has been wide speculation and hopes that the wedding would take place in the white house, but Biden has just confirmed otherwise, first on Yahoo! Shine.

Yahoo! Shine’s senior editor Lylah Alphonse conducted the interview, which was focused on Veteran’s Day and the Joining Forces initiative to support military families. Clips pertaining to the initiative, including how Michelle Obama would react if her daughters wanted to enlist, will be available on Yahoo.com on Friday November 11, 2011.

Link to Dr. Jill Biden discussing her daughter’s wedding:
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/veteransday/exclusive-ashley-biden-to-wed-in-delaware-dr-jill-biden-tells-yahoo-shine-2615373/

Link to Michelle Obama’s and Dr. Jill Biden’s secret holiday traditions:
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/exclusive-michelle-obama-and-jill-biden-share-their-families-secret-holiday-traditions-2615418/

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