The Biden family arrived back at the White House for Independence Day celebrations as the Secret Service investigates cocaine found in the mansion's library on Sunday night.
Joe and Jill were joined by son Hunter, his wife Melissa and son Beau, three, as they stepped off Marine One on Tuesday after the discovery of white powder sparked a hazmat situation and forced an evacuation of the White HOuse.
The “unknown item” that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night and drew a Hazmat team from Washington, DC, Fire and EMS to the executive mansion initially tested positive for cocaine, according to a dispatch call made that evening.
“We have a yellow bar stating cocaine hydrochloride,” a DC firefighter stated in a radio communication at 8:49 p.m. on Sunday
The discovery came two days after Hunter, 52, was last seen at the White House as he headed to Camp David with his father for the long holiday weekend.
Mystery has ensued over who brought cocaine into the White House and the Secret Service is investigating the matter.
Trolls are speculating that the president's addict son is the source of the illegal substance.
The White House library, however, is part of the tour of where members of the public regularly walk through. It is also two floors below the first family's living quarters.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Post that the discovery led to an elevated security alert and a brief evacuation of the executive mansion after it was found during a routine round of inspection.
An official familiar with the investigation told the newspaper that the amount of the substance was small.
This would not be the first time illegal drugs have made their way into the White House. Rapper Snoop Dogg said he’d smoked weed in a bathroom in 2013, and Willie Nelson confessed to smoking a joint on the White House roof during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
British actor Erkan Mustafa said he smoked marijuana and did a line of cocaine on a visit to the White house during first lady Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” anti-drugs campaign. Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick said in 2011 she’d tried and failed to spike President Richard Nixon’s tea with LSD in 1970.
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