Jill Biden will head to Tokyo for the opening ceremony of the Olympics, her office announced Tuesday.
The event will be much more quiet than it has been in years past after it was announced Thursday fans would not be allowed to attend the games after the capital of Japan declared a state of emergency amid rising COVID-19 infections.
This will not be Biden's first time at the Olympics. As second lady, she and her husband, then Vice President Joe Biden, led the U.S. delegation during the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver, alongside then Barack Obama administration advisor Valerie Jarrett and U.