[VIDEO] Joe Biden and his 1967 Corvette Visit Jay Leno’s Garage

Jun 16, 2026

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[VIDEO] Joe Biden and his 1967 Corvette Visit Jay Leno's Garage

It’s not every day you meet the original—and only—owner of a 1967 Corvette. Rarer still when that owner happens to be the 46th President of the United States. But on the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Joe Biden rolls in behind the wheel of his Goodwood Green Sting Ray convertible, a car he’s cherished for nearly six decades and vows he’ll never part with.

Biden laughs when Jay asks if he still gets to “play” with the Corvette. “A little bit,” he says, “but I still have Secret Service with me, so when I drive, they’ve got to be in the car. They all draw straws for who doesn’t have to get in with me.”

The President’s bond with the car goes back to 1967, when his father—who managed a local dealership—surprised him with the Corvette as a wedding gift. Biden recalls how he and his late wife, Neilia, brought their old cars in to be “fixed up,” only to find the entire dealership staff standing aside as the Sting Ray sat waiting for him. “This is your wedding gift,” his father said.

The sticker price was $5,700, a staggering sum for the young couple. “My dad didn’t have the money to buy this,” Biden says, “but he could make the monthly payments.” That sacrifice cemented the car’s emotional weight. It wasn’t just a machine—it was a family heirloom, a memory on four wheels. And from that moment on, Biden made one thing clear: he would never sell it.

Over the years, life and public service forced the Corvette into long stretches of storage. “Obviously, you put it away for a few years,” Leno says. Biden nods. “I kind of had to put it in my garage.” But even then, he refused to let it go. “I always wanted to keep it,” he says. “I didn’t want to sell it.”

He admits that every so often, frustration would get the better of him. He’d sneak the car out of the garage, rumble down his quarter mile driveway, and “lay a little rubber” just to feel the old V8 come alive again. “Just to get the feel of it,” he says, grinning.

The last time Biden and Leno drove the car together was a decade ago—an outing memorable not only for the Corvette but for the moment Colin Powell pulled up in his newer, more powerful C7. “There’s always some show off in a new Corvette trying to blow your doors off,” Leno joked from the passenger seat.

Now, 10 years later, the two old friends take the Sting Ray out again, this time with Leno at the wheel. The four-speed manual still shifts like a dream. The engine still sounds “healthy,” as Leno puts it. And Biden still looks like a man reunited with a piece of his youth.

For all the miles he’s traveled—by train, by plane, and in motorcades—the President’s heart still belongs to this car. It’s the one machine he’s never considered trading, upgrading, or letting go. “I’ve had it since then,” he says. “All these years.”

And if his smile behind the wheel is any indication, he plans to keep it for all the years still ahead.