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 archetypal woman Jill Biden welcomed hundreds of cute trick-or-treaters for their past Halloween astatine the White House connected Thursday evening.

The archetypal woman dressed up arsenic a panda carnivore for the juncture and the president got into the 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 the 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 the taxable of the evening successful a motion to the archetypal lady's 40 years of teaching.  She handed retired copies of the kids' publication '10 Spooky Pumpkins' portion the president handed retired candy with the White House seal and his signature.

In summation to the section students and military-connected children who got their treats from the archetypal couple, respective medication unit brought their kids to person 1 past fright fest astatine the White House.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his kids for the fun. OMB manager Sholanda Young, who got a large hug from the president, brought her daughter. 

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

The president besides took clip to nuzzle the 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 with the kids arsenic helium handed retired the saccharine treats, sometimes taking truthful agelong a enactment of kids piled up waiting for him. 

One small lad dressed arsenic Spiderman did a creation to walk the time. An Air Force set played spooky euphony to acceptable the theme. 

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

The archetypal mates spent astir an hr extracurricular handing retired treats to ghosts, goblins, a mini George Washington (who convinced the president to springiness him 2 boxes of candy), a unicorn, a cheerleader, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, and a assortment of animals. 

Games were acceptable up connected the South Lawn and assorted authorities agencies had booths to walk retired saccharine treats. 

The Beast was parked astatine the bottommost of the 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 with bunches of pumpkins, corn, hay bales and different fall-themed decorations.

The staircases starring to the South Portico were besides decorated with assorted pumpkins and mums, on with 2 ample jack-o-lanterns and a trellis made of books.

There was besides a ample orangish satellite with flying books hanging beneath the Truman Balcony.

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

Earlier successful the day, the archetypal woman work a abbreviated communicative astir spooky pumpkins to a radical of costumed children gathered connected the lawn. 

About 8,000 guests successful full participated successful this year's Halloween lawsuit astatine the White House, making their mode done the festivities passim the day.