Bidens announce their dog Champ has died

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President Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden announced Saturday that their 13-year-old German Shepherd, Champ, has died.

In a statement posted by Jill Biden, they called Champ "our constant, cherished companion during the last 13 years" and said "in our most joyful moments and in our most grief-stricken days, he was there with us, sensitive to our every unspoken feeling and emotion."

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Tim O'Donnell
Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.