Joe Biden Leaves St. Croix With Spectacular Sunburn

FREDERIKSTED — President Joe Biden looked red as a beet with an apparent case of sunburn on Tuesday at the end of his week-long vacation on St. Croix.

Biden was photographed with a noticeably rouged face as he was preparing to board Air Force One to return to the White House.

He’d been soaking up the rays on the “Big Island” of the USVI with First Lady Jill Biden and their granddaughter, Natalie, over the New Year’s holiday.

They reportedly stayed at the beachfront villa of Democratic donors Bill and Connie Neville, the same place where the president also spent the last week of 2022.

Asked over the weekend what his New Year’s resolution is for 2024, Biden said: “To come back next year.”

Maybe someone will advise him to pack some extra sunblock next time.

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John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.