US First Lady Jill Biden ‘Received Priciest Gift from India’s Modi in 2023’

President Joe Biden and his family received expensive gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from foreign leaders in 2023, including the priciest gift of a $20,000 diamond to US First Lady Jill Biden from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to The Washington Post, citing the State Department.

Under US law, all federal employees are required to report gifts from foreign governments valued at $480 or more. The most frequent recipients of foreign gifts were the president, first lady, and Vice President Kamala Harris, due to their positions.

The report stated that Modi gifted a 7.5-carat lab-grown diamond, valued at $20,000, to Jill Biden at the White House in 2023. During the same visit, Modi received a vintage American camera and a signed copy of “Collected Poems of Robert Frost” from the US president.

In 2022, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had gifted President Biden a $525 carpet, while Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, gave a $600 carpet to US Senior Director Eileen Laubacher in 2023.

The report also noted that several CIA employees, including Director William J. Burns, had received lavish gifts worth over $132,000, including watches, diamond jewelry, and perfumes.