Former President Joe Biden has chosen his home state of Delaware to build his presidential library \u2014 but his new board has opted against setting a budget as the former prez hunts for people willing to donate to the project.<\/p>\n
The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation tapped a 13-member board of close confidants and former officials, including former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and longtime adviser Steve Ricchetti, to oversee the project and raise funds to preserve the 82-year-old Democrat\u2019s four years as president.<\/p>\n
But Biden\u2019s decision comes as construction of former President Barack Obama\u2019s $850 million library and museum has sparked widespread backlash, <\/a>delays and legal challenges in Chicago. <\/p>\n The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation approved a 13-member board to oversee the project \u2014 which has no budget. REUTERS<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s certainly folks \u2014 folks who may have been not thinking about those kinds of issues who are starting to think about them,\u201d said Democratic fundraiser Rufus Gifford, named chairman of the library board.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cThat being said \u2026 we\u2019re not going to create a budget, we\u2019re not going to set a goal for ourselves that we don\u2019t believe we can hit.\u201d<\/p>\n The price tag for presidential libraries has soared over the years \u2014 and a source familiar with the preliminary plans said the flagship facility could cost several hundred million dollars, CNN reported. <\/a><\/p>\n Aerial view of the Obama Presidential Center under construction in Chicago. Getty Images<\/p>\n Gifford believes the cost of Biden\u2019s legacy project will \u201cend up somewhere in the middle\u201d of the Obama Presidential Center<\/a>, which set a staggering $1.6 billion fundraising goal, and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, which totaled about $43 million when it opened in 1997. <\/p>\n Bill Clinton\u2019s presidential library in Arkansas cost about $165 million, while George W. Bush hit his $500 million fundraising goal before his Texas library was dedicated. <\/p>\n While corporations and institutional donors have historically contributed to presidential library projects, Biden\u2019s team could face an uphill battle, with some hesitant to give as the Democratic Party becomes more fragmented and major donors have slowed their contributions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Biden may struggled to receive donations for his legacy build with many frustrated over how he left the White House. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n Some donors also remain reluctant to fork over cash, frustrated with how Biden ended his second-term bid just 107 days before last year\u2019s election, according to CNN. <\/p>\n The 46th president\u2019s team is looking to construct an immersive museum of his first term, with the space also serving as a center for education, leadership, and policy gatherings. <\/p>\n The exact location of the library hasn\u2019t been decided. <\/p>\n Biden \u2014 who recently stepped out over the Labor Day weekend\u00a0with cut on his head<\/a>\u00a0from skin cancer surgery \u2014 was diagnosed in May with an\u00a0\u201caggressive\u201d form of prostate cancer<\/a>\u00a0that has spread to his bones.<\/p>\n News of his prostate cancer diagnosis sparked a firestorm of allegations that his administration and members of his inner circle knowingly hid his physical and cognitive decline from the American public.\u00a0<\/p>\n With Post wires. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former President Joe Biden has chosen his home state of Delaware to build his presidential library \u2014 but…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,11744,960,905,12735,82,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,113937,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-207345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-barack-obama","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-delaware","12":"tag-fundraising","13":"tag-joe-biden","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-presidential-libraries","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115162495325137677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}