“I promise you it’ll go away if you just keep at it, OK?” Biden tells the girl — whose name is Avery — in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday by Rufus Gifford, who is awaiting confirmation to be chief of protocol at the US State Department.
“Thank you, Mr. President,” Avery responded, smiling before giving Biden a hug. The President then invited her to come down to the White House to see him in the Oval Office.
Avery is Gifford’s niece. Gifford was deputy campaign manager for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and was a top adviser on Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. He served in the…
