Biden bites a baby's leg and Jill wears a full Panda suit as White House goes spooky for trick-or-treating

President Joe Biden and first woman Jill Biden welcomed hundreds of tiny trick-or-treaters for their past Halloween astatine nan White House connected Thursday evening.

The first woman dressed up arsenic a panda carnivore for nan juncture and nan president sewage into nan act, biting 1 tyke dressed arsenic a chicken. 

He feigned fearfulness astatine scary-looking tigers and aliens. He spot a 2nd baby's foot. He looked down nan pharynx of a T-Rex.

He kissed a ghost. He spot a 3rd baby. He was shocked to spot a elephantine chicken. 

Hallo-read was nan taxable of nan evening successful a motion to nan first lady's school profession.  She handed retired copies of nan kids' book '10 Spooky Pumpkins' while nan president handed retired candy pinch nan White House seal and his signature.

In summation to nan section students and military-connected children who sewage their treats from nan first couple, respective management unit brought their kids to person 1 past fright fest astatine nan White House.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his kids for nan fun. OMB head Sholanda Young, who sewage a large hug from nan president, brought her daughter. 

White House property secretary Karine Jean-Pierre brought her girl too.

The president besides took clip to nuzzle nan babe of his adjutant Ashley Williams. The babe was being held by his agelong clip staffer and existent lawman main of unit Annie Tomasini.

The president happily chatted pinch nan kids arsenic he handed retired nan saccharine treats, sometimes taking truthful agelong a statement of kids piled up waiting for him. 

One small boy dressed arsenic Spiderman did a creation to walk nan time. An Air Force set played spooky euphony to fresh nan theme. 

At 1 constituent nan first woman took disconnected her panda head, but kept passing retired books arsenic nan statement continued. She had joined nan National Zoo earlier this twelvemonth successful announcing that a brace of pandas were coming.

The first mates spent astir an hr extracurricular handing retired treats. 

Games were group up connected nan South Lawn and various authorities agencies had booths to walk retired saccharine treats. 

The Beast was parked astatine nan bottommost of nan driveway for photo-ops. 

Darth Vader and 2 Storm Troops - sans weapons - were disposable for selfies arsenic were Disney's Lilo and Stitch.

The South Lawn was filled pinch bunch of pumpkins, corn, hay bales and different fall-themed decorations.

The staircases starring to nan South Portico were besides dressed up pinch various pumpkins and akin paraphernalia, on pinch 2 ample jack-o-lanterns and a trellis made of books.

There was besides a ample orangish satellite pinch flying books hanging beneath nan Truman Balcony.

The fountain connected nan South Lawn was dyed greenish for nan occasion. 

Earlier successful nan day, nan first woman publication a short communicative astir spooky pumpkins to a group of costumed children gathered connected nan lawn. 

About 8,000 guests successful full participated successful this year's Halloween arena astatine nan White House, making their measurement done nan festivities passim nan day.