[custom_adv] At 78, Joe Biden will be the oldest president ever to enter office when he is inaugurated on January 20, 2021. But even so, his administration knows a thing or two about how to rock. [custom_adv] Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, for one, is a singer and guitarist who fronts his own band, Ablinken. Back in 2018, Blinken, who served as Deputy Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, uploaded two songs, Patience and Lip Service (the latter has been characterized as a “weird mix of Alan Parsons and Blue Oyster Cult”), to Spotify. [custom_adv] More recently, Blinken has performed in a Beatles cover band in Washington, DC and has also used his free time during the pandemic to compose his own songs. As for what instrument he writes on? Perhaps it's the Martin D-28 that can be seen behind him in the below interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. [custom_adv] The current acting secretary of state is Daniel Bennet Smith, who took over from Mike Pompeo on 20 January this year along with Joe Biden’s inauguration. Blinken is expected to become secretary of state as soon as his nomination goes to the US Senate. [custom_adv] Neither Daniel Bennet Smith nor Mike Pompeo play guitar – that is, not publicly. Whether Blinken will keep playing and releasing music alongside his presumably busy role as secretary of state remains to be seen.
