 Now, Michelle Obama has privately expressed, according to Axios, frustration over the Biden family largely exiling her close friend, Kathleen Buell, after Buell's messy divorce from Hunter Biden. Remember the first wife? Why that matters? The family tensions and the former first lady's disdain for partisan politics help explain why one of the most popular Democratic voices, which is Michelle Obama, has not campaigned one day for President Biden's reelection.