Former President Joe Biden and his family crashed the set of the action series “Reacher” on Monday morning.
According to CBS Philadelphia, President Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill and their son Hunter, unexpectedly visited the cast and crew of the Amazon Prime series during a police chase scene being filmed in Philadelphia.
Local photographer HughE Dillon, who was observing the film shoot, recounted to CBS Philadelphia how he saw black SUVs suddenly arriving at the location.
“Men stepped out, and I initially assumed they were actors, but soon the entire cast and crew began applauding and cheering,” Dillon explained. “Then someone exclaimed, ‘We love you, Joe, we love you!’”
According to the report, the former president was visiting the area to get breakfast at the nearby restaurant Parc. He later met and took photos with several cast and crew members, including the showâs lead actor, Alan Ritchson.
Dillon said the cast and crew seemed surprised to see the Bidens. “It was just something very bizarre that I never could have imagined, both things were happening at the same time,” he said.
It was unclear if the Bidens knew the show was filming outside the restaurant ahead of their visit. Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment.
Ritchson later wrote about the meeting on his Instagram account on Tuesday.
“So our Reacher set got in the way of these legends,” Ritchson wrote. “Was a privilege and honor to meet the Biden family. They couldnât have been more lovely. Kind, joyful, gracious and present. We chatted briefly about simple stuff, like string theory and quantum entanglement. Then Joe beat me at arm wrestling. All in a dayâs work.”
He also posted photos and videos of himself interacting with the former president and his son, Hunter Biden.
Ritchson has made political comments against conservatives in the past. In a Hollywood Reporter interview from April 2024, Ritchson criticized Christian supporters of President Donald Trump.
“Trump is a rapist and a con man, and yet the entire Christian church seems to treat him like heâs their poster child and itâs unreal. I donât understand it,” Ritchson said.
One month later, he claimed he was “met with violence” for sharing these and other views.
“If you want to see violence flee the world, be more generous to everybody! That is the Christian ethic! That is what I donât see happening. And when I speak up about it in my own ways, Iâm met with violence,” Ritchson said.
