Overview

• The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation approved a 13-member governance board chaired by Rufus Gifford, with Antony Blinken and Steve Ricchetti among the appointees.
• No specific site within Delaware has been selected and no project budget has been set, though Wilmington officials previously pitched several locations.
• Biden’s team has consulted with leaders of existing presidential libraries and the Obama library organization, and has begun talks with Delaware officials about potential partnerships.
• Rufus Gifford said costs will likely fall between the Obama Presidential Center and the George H.W. Bush Library, with construction and programming funded by private donations.
• Fundraising is expected to be difficult as Democratic giving has slowed and political risks have grown, while President Trump has directed settlement funds and a donated jumbo jet toward his own future library.