Say hello to the pets in a paw-sition of power.
As the country awaits the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election between republican nominee, former president Donald Trump (running mate is JD Vance), and democratic nominee, current vice president Kamala Harris (running alongside Tim Walz), we’re taking a look at the purr-fect plus ones who have found their way inside the White House.
Since George Washington became the first president of the United States in 1789, pets have played a huge role in the lives of the presidents, especially when the White House was officially completed in 1800. In fact, the first president to officially bring a pet to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was John Adams, who owned two dogs and the first presidential cat.
In more recent years, presidential animals have become almost as famous as their owners, with President Lyndon B. Johnson‘s pup Yuki making headlines as the first rescue dog to land in the White House. (He was found abandoned in a Texas gas station by the president’s daughter Luci.)
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