And she’s not the only one: When JD Vance, his wife Usha and their children walk into the Naval Observatory white Queen Anne-style mansion that has been the home of Vice Presidents since the 1970s, it will be the first time they step foot across the threshold of the residence.

The speculation surrounding Barack and Michelle Obama, and Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff, intensified ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.

Like Black women everywhere, First Lady Michelle Obama , Jasmine Crockett and VP Kamala are not with the sh*ts or the disrespect

Former first lady Michelle Obama will not be at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday. A spokesperson for Barack and Michelle Obama confirmed the news to People, although the rep did not specify the reason.

Former first lady Michelle Obama was not among the guests at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration today, her second time in two weeks missing a high-profile gathering of former presidents and first ladies in Washington, D.C.

The presidential election might not be the only big loss for Kamala Harris ... As recently as 2022, Michelle Obama admitted, in an interview, that she hated Barack for a good, solid decade.

“President Jimmy Carter loved our country,” Harris wrote in her post. “He lived his faith, served the people, and left the world better than he found it.” The potential snub of Trump drew immediate backlash on social media.

Michelle Obama will not join her husband, Barack Obama, at Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, a spokesperson for the former first couple confirmed to PEOPLE on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

The announcement did not give a reason for Obama’s absence. It comes after she missed Jimmy Carter’s state funeral—where she would have been seated next to Trump. CNN reported at the time that Obama had a scheduling conflict and was “still in Hawaii on an extended holiday vacation” when the funeral took place.

With neither president revealing what the pair spoke about, speculation has mounted about the details of their conversation.

Michelle Obama, who has made clear her dislike of partisan politics, is putting her considerable star power behind Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump. Michelle Obama remains one of the most ...

Mrs Obama’s convention speech, which saw her abandon the Obama mantra “when they go low, we go high,” was interpreted as a major victory for Ms Harris’s presidential campaign. In the room, the reception from the crowd was even greater than for her husband.