Ex-President Barack Hussein Obama turns 60 on Wednesday, and he’s reportedly splurging on a star-studded birthday bash at his family’s beachfront house on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend. The house is worth approximately $12 million.
According to Axios, the birthday bash is scheduled to attract 475 attendees, including friends, relatives, and former Obama advisers, as well as over 200 staff members.
Media elites are rumored by Axios to be attending as well.
Pearl Jam will perform at the celebration, and movie director Steven Spielberg will be among the guests. According to The Hill, which originally revealed preparations for the party last week, Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney were also invited.
The party coincides with growing fears about the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant. Recent evidence suggests that vaccinated people can still catch and transmit the Delta variant.
Journalist Peter Doocy caught White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki off-guard at Monday’s press briefing when he asked her about Obama’s party.
