Obama reportedly scales back 60th birthday party due to Delta surge

Former President Barack Obama has canceled his controversial 60th birthday mega-bash in Martha’s Vineyard, citing the spread of the coronavirus’s Delta variant.

“Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends,” Obama’s spokeswoman Hannah Hankins said in a statement Wednesday morning, The New York Times reported. “He’s appreciative of others sending their birthday wishes from afar and looks forward to seeing people soon,” she added.