President Joe Biden on Wednesday met his first great-grandchild — and then pledged full aid to California firefighters battling a series of disastrous wildfires just miles to the west. The back-to-back trips to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Santa Monica fire hall were unscheduled detours on one of final trips of Biden’s presidency.

President Joe Biden made some remarks celebrating his great-granddaughter while in California following a wildfire briefing. Neither he nor Gov. Gavin Newsom took media questions.

Hunter Biden was originally notified his house was likely "burned to the ground," President Biden said, but now "it appears it may still be standing."

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have welcomed their first great-grandchild in Los Angeles as wildfires rage across Southern California. “The good news is I’m a great-grandfather today,” the president said Wednesday after a briefing on the fires.

President Joe Biden was in California Wednesday, meeting with firefighters about devastating blazes that have killed two people and triggered evacuations for tens of thousands in Los Angeles. (Scripps