Beyoncé gifted Vice President Harris concert tickets, new disclosure shows

WASHINGTON ― Vice President Kamala Harris was gifted tickets by Beyoncé for the music superstar's concert last summer outside Washington D.C., according to a financial disclosure released Wednesday.

Harris reported the tickets for the show, part of Beyoncé's popular Renaissance World Tour, were valued at $1,655.92. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is listed as the source of the gift.

The day after the Beyoncé concert, held last August at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, Harris posted a photo of her and second gentleman Doug Emhoff from the evening on X: "Thanks for a fun date night, @beyonce!" Harris wrote.

Beyoncé signaled her support for President Joe Biden and Harris on social media days before Election Day in 2020, but she has stayed quiet publicly so far in the 2024 race.

The annual public financial disclosure reports for 2023 − which the White House released Wednesday for both Biden and Harris − detail sources of income, assets and gifts they received. High-level federal officials are required by law to submit the reports.

Harris also reported receiving tickets valued at $1,890 for a Florida A&M University-Howard University football game in December. Biden did not report any gifts in his disclosure.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden reported having assets valued between $1.1 million and $2.6 million last year, virtually the same as 2022.

The assets, which are valued by ranges, not exact amounts, include money held in banks, investments, holdings and other accounts. The first couple in April released federal income tax returns showing they earned income of $619,976 in 2023 and paid an effective federal tax rate of 23.7%.

Biden's disclosure does not include any foreign income sources. House Republicans have pushed unsubstantiated claims in an impeachment inquiry accusing Biden of benefitting financially from his son Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings.

"Neither the President nor the Vice President have any conflicts of interest," the White House said in a statement.

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Harris and Emhoff, who spent three decades practicing law as an attorney, reported assets in 2023 between $2.9 million and nearly $7 million, also about the same as last year.

The Bidens reported financial liabilities − which includes loans and a 30-year mortgage on their Delaware home − that range between $375,000 and $815,000.

The Bidens reported royalties totaling between just $2,702 and $6,402 from five books they have authored: "Promise me Dad" and "Promises to Keep," both written by Joe Biden, and "Joey: The story of Joe Biden," "Don't Forget, God Bless our Troops," and "Where the Light Enters," each written by Jill Biden.

Last year, the Bidens reported earning between $8,003 and $21,402 from those books.

Likewise, Harris' book royalties in 2023 also dropped significantly. Harris reported earning $234.14 in royalties from "The Truths We Hold," a memoir published in 2019, and $8,254 from "Superheroes are Everywhere," a children's book published the same year.

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Harris last year reported earning a combined $81,313 from the two books in 2022.

Reach Joey Garrison on X, formerly Twitter, @joeygarrison.

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