The Bidens invited more than 450 guests, including Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Carol Moseley Braun, Melinda Gates, Lester Holt, LeVar Burton and Sean Penn.
The White House invited more than 450 guests to the state dinner hosted by President Biden for President William Ruto on Thursday night, including business executives, musicians, leaders of the United Nations, community organizers and scholars on sustainable development.
Former President Barack Obama also attended the event, although he was not included on a list of those invited provided by the White House. Here is the full list of others invited.
THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BIDEN
HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, AND HER EXCELLENCY RACHEL RUTO
Alice P. Albright, chief executive of Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Gregory B. Bowes
Elizabeth E. Alexander, communications director for the first lady, and David Wade
Lazarus Amayo, Kenyan ambassador to the United States, and Nelly Amayo
Franklin O. Amoo and Zainab Usman
Semhar Araia and Binaifer Nowrojee
Shavon Arline-Bradley and Andrew Benjamin Bradley
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Charlene Austin
