Biden’s West Wing has a moon rock, a rugby ball and homemade cookies

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen in the White House Oval Office of in January 2021 in Washington, D.C., as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on.

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U.S. President Joe Biden is seen in the White House Oval Office of in January 2021 in Washington, D.C., as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on.

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One of the perks of the presidency is getting to personalize the Oval Office. President Joe Biden shared his take on the executive West Wing nook in a rare video tour for Architectural Digest magazine.

“I chose the things that sort of represent why I got into public life to begin with,” the president said in the video published on Friday.

In his Oval Office, he’s added four busts of Americans celebrated for their commitment to civil rights — Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., former Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.

Biden shows off a photo of himself with his grandson Beau peeking out from the historic Resolute Desk — his re-enactment of the iconic photo of President John F. Kennedy with his toddler son John F. Kennedy Jr. (a.k.a. “John-John”) playing under his father’s desk.

Nearby is a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, who founded the University of Pennsylvania. It’s a nod to Biden’s teaching tenure and his children’s alma mater, the president said.

Biden is bipartisan in his borrowing from the White House furniture archive, says presidential historian Alexis Coe. The 46th president kept the gold curtains from the Trump era, but swapped ou