Five people have died so far and 30,000 people have been evacuated in the wildfires which started in the west Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday.
During the press conference, Biden suddenly announced that he had become a great-grandfather after his granddaughter Naomi Biden gave birth to her first child.
“But the good news is, I’m a great grandfather, as of today,” he said, during the briefing at the Malibu fire station.
First Lady Jill Biden later shared a picture of herself and the president holding their first great-grandchild.