Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff to attend Astros-Orioles game
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Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff to attend Astros-Orioles game

By Chandler Rome, Staff writerUpdated
First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, May 31, 2021. Biden's $6 trillion budget request proposes record spending to reduce historical disparities in underserved communities, following his campaign pledge to promote racial equity as an inseparable part of rebuilding the economy. Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg
First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, May 31, 2021. Biden's $6 trillion budget request proposes record spending to reduce historical disparities in underserved communities, following his campaign pledge to promote racial equity as an inseparable part of rebuilding the economy. Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/UPI/BloombergTasos Katopodis/Bloomberg

DETROIT — First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff are scheduled to attend Tuesday's Astros-Orioles game at Minute Maid Park, according to an announcement from The White House.

Biden and Emhoff will tour the team's COVID-19 vaccination event before staying for the 7:10 p.m. game. The Astros are offering free vaccinations from 5-8 p.m. in the Union Station Lobby.

Biden and Emhoff will make an appearance on the Astros' television and radio broadcasts, according to the Astros.

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Chandler Rome
Former Astros Beat Reporter

Chandler Rome worked as an Astros beat writer for the Houston Chronicle from 2018 to 2023.

Rome joined the Chronicle after spending one year in Tuscaloosa covering Alabama football — during which Nick Saban asked if he attended college. He did, at LSU, where he covered the Tigers baseball team for nearly four years. He covered most of the Astros' 2015 playoff run, too, as an intern for MLB.com

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