While at the hospital, Biden met the wounded soldiers from the Marines Corps, Army and Army National Guard. His son Beau served in Delaware's Army National Guard. He also supervised the vaccination distribution at the hospital, which took place in a converted basketball gym. There were masked attendants in white medical gowns, who were delivering vaccines to service members. He also spoke to Colonel Andrew Barr, who is the director of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and Command Master Chief Randy Swanson. He appreciated them for looking after his son.
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden depart the Oval Office on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 29, 2021 in Washington, DC.