President Biden is scheduled to attend a campaign fundraiser in Westchester County on Thursday hosted by Hollywood A-listers Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas.
This is the second time in less than a month that Biden, 81, has come into contact with celebrities as he travels to New York to raise money for his re-election campaign against former President Donald Trump.
The invitation will be held at an undisclosed address in Irvington, the same village that Zeta-Jones and Douglas call home, the paper reported.
The celebrity power couple purchased a 12-acre riverfront property in Irvington for $4.5 million in 2019 after downsizing from their 26-bedroom Bedford mansion.
The main house on the property has eight bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and two half bathrooms, a two-story library, seven fireplaces, cabanas, a tennis court, an indoor pool, a rec room, and a four-car garage. It is said that there is. westchester magazine.
Others listed as hosts on the invitation, including fashion designer Eileen Fisher and attorney Lodge Cohen and his wife, Barbara, also reside in Irvington, making Biden’s fundraising effort less likely.・It is unclear whether the event will be held at the Jones/Douglas residence.
Other hosts include businessman and venture capitalist Robert Goodman and his wife, Jane Lipman, hedge fund manager John Shapiro and his wife, Shoni Shiverberg, and Jonathan and Judy Siegel. .
Biden supporters will have to pay more than $3,300 for a single ticket to the event, or more than $5,000 per couple, according to the Journal News.
Organizers must donate at least $100,000 to the Biden Victory Fund. The outlet reported.
Douglas responded Sunday to criticism about the president’s age, calling Biden “sharp as a tackle.”
“We all have memory issues as we get older. We forget names,” the 79-year-old actor told CNN host Fareed Zakaria, adding that an aide who spoke with Biden pointed out that “everyone” said the president was “fine.”
The event follows the Biden campaign’s extravagant fundraiser on March 28 at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall, which featured appearances by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Grammy Award-winning artists. A musical number by Lizzo and a line from actress Mindy Kaling were performed.
The spectacle, which was repeatedly interrupted by anti-Israel demonstrators, raised about $25 million for Biden’s campaign.
