Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mhuri yaObama yaigara kuChicago's South Side, uko Barack aidzidzisa paUniversity of Chicago Law School. Akasarudzwa kuva seneta yenyika muna 1996, uye kuva Seneti yeU.S. muna 2004. Vakasarudza kuramba vachigara muChicago mushure mekusarudzwa kwaBarack pane kutamira kuWashington, DC, sezvo vaifunga kuti zvaive nani kuvanasikana vavo. Mumakore ose omurume wake
Mushandirapamwe wa2008 weMutungamiri weU.S., Michelle Obama akaita "kuzvipira kuti ave kure usiku chete kamwe pavhiki kuti ave mushandirapamwe mazuva maviri chete pavhiki uye ave kumba pakupera kwezuva rechipiri" nokuda kwevanasikana vavo vaviri.