DNC will foot part of $345K bill for Jill Biden’s pricey back-and-forth Delaware-France flights, taxpayers on the hook for rest 

The Democratic National Committee indicated Monday that it will cover some of the costs incurred by the federal government for first lady Jill Biden’s recent back-and-forth flights from Delaware to France — but taxpayers will be on the hook for the rest.

The first lady juggled attending first son Hunter Biden’s Wilmington, Del., gun trial as well as D-Day remembrances in Normandy and a state dinner in Paris last week by traveling separately from the president, multiple times, at an estimated $345,400 cost to taxpayers, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. 

“In accordance with relevant regulations utilized across administrations, the government is reimbursed the value of a first-class fare for these flights to Wilmington and back to Paris,” Jill Biden’s office told the outlet. 

A DNC spokeswoman said Monday that the national Democratic Party intends to pay “for the first class travel of the first lady,” according to CBS News. 

Jill Biden’s whirlwind travel week saw her log a full day’s worth of time in the air. 

She first flew from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to Wilmington on Tuesday evening so she could attend courtroom proceedings Hunter’s criminal trial on Wednesday morning.