It's not just the polls that are angering the commander-in-chief.
President Biden was spotted red-faced in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday as he prepared to return to the White House after a seven-day vacation on St. Croix.
The 81-year-old president looked freshly tanned and striking as he shook hands with first lady Jill Biden on the tarmac at Henry E. Rollsen Airport in Christiansted, St. Croix, before boarding Air Force One. He was showing a tan.
The sun's rays seemed to hit Biden, leaving him red from his forehead to his neck, revealing the deep V of his unbuttoned collar.
Biden's tan came after he had a cancerous skin lesion on his chest removed during his annual medical exam last February.
He had previously had a benign but potentially precancerous lesion removed by doctors.
Health authorities and numerous scientific studies have shown that sun exposure significantly increases the risk of developing skin cancer and other diseases.
According to the American Cancer Society, most of the more than 1 million skin cancers diagnosed in the United States each year are thought to be related to sunlight.
“Premature aging is a long-term side effect of UV exposure,” the report states. food and drug administrationstates that the damage may not appear until years after the sunburn or sunburn.
“Avoiding UV exposure is essential to maintaining healthy skin,” the agency says.
During their visit to the White House, Biden, his wife and granddaughter Natalie relaxed at Bill and Connie Neville's three-bedroom beach house. The secluded hideaways on St. Croix are typically operated as VRBO rentals.
The lush villa has an in-ground pool and views of the Caribbean Sea and offshore islands.
The president stayed at the same house during the year-end and New Year holidays last year, but it appears he did not pay rent this time as well.
House Republicans say Biden's trip to the Caribbean comes as the U.S. continues to battle an unprecedented border crisis, with several major cities overrun by migrants crossing the southern border. denounced.
Biden announced on Sunday that his New Year's resolution would be to “bring it back next year.”
