Parents of Presidents who lived to see their children's presidencies

[Samof94]

Another stat: There has only been one grandparent who lived to see her grandchild's presidency. JFK's grandmother, who died in 1964.

Obama's maternal grandmother was of course very close to doing this as well, dying only days before the 2008 election.

She outlived him.

[Samof94]

Biden's mother actually saw his first year as VP and died in 2010.

Kamala Harris' dad is still alive, but her mother died in 2009. But as far as I know, she has a more distant relationship with her father.

A few weeks ago, I watched NBC News' 2008 Election Night coverage, and I caught a glimpse of Biden's mother (Catherine Jean Biden) on the stage in Chicago, where Obama delivered his victory speech. The Bidens and other members of the Obama family came out on stage after Obama had delivered his speech. Ironically, it was her grandson Hunter-who's been the focus of so much attention over the past few years-who escorted her onto the stage. She was 92 when she died in 2010.

That’s surprising. McCain’s mother outlived him.