Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mhuri yaObama yaigara kuChicago's South Side, uko Barack akadzidzisa paYunivhesiti yeChicago 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. Mukati mokuronga kwa2008 kwomurume wake nokuda kweMutungamiri weUnited States
, Michelle Obama akaita "kuzvipira kuti ave kure usiku chete kamwe pavhiki kuti ave mushandirapamwe mazuva maviri chete pavhiki uye ave pamba pakupera kwezuva rechipiri" nokuda kwevanasikana vavo vaviri.