A large private party planned for President Obama’s 60th birthday on the Vineyard this weekend has been canceled amid fierce public backlash and rising Covid cases, as the Delta variant spreads on the Island. The party will be scaled back to family and friends, according to a news report in the New York Times early Wednesday morning.
The Obamas had been planning to host hundreds of people at a grand bash at their sprawling home on the Edgartown Great Pond. Reports about the celebrity-studded party were spreading like wildfire on social media all week, with no public statement from the Obamas or confirmation of the details.
The New York Times said Wednesday that a statement had been put out canceling the event. Many guests were already en route to the Vineyard, the newspaper reported in a story on its website.
Now the party will only include close family and friends, according to the report.
President Obama turns 60 today.
