How much has the White House spent on Biden's Delaware travel since 2021 broken down by fiscal year?

1. What reporters have actually tallied — headline totals and their limits

Fox News published an analysis claiming Biden’s Delaware trips “have cost taxpayers at least $11 million” through November 2022; that figure combines Air Force One/Marine One operating-hour estimates and Secret Service and other security tallies but excludes many ancillary items and uses per‑hour cost assumptions that other outlets note can under- or overstate totals ^[1]. Independent summaries republished by outlets like Yahoo, Benzinga and local aggregators repeat the same $11 million figure and note it likely understates the full cost because it omits additional helicopters, auxiliary flights, and some personnel costs ^{[3] [4] [5]}. Those reports are useful as ballpark totals but are not a fiscal-year-by‑fiscal-year White House ledger ^{[1] [3]}.

2. Local government reimbursement figures that are fiscal-year organized

Delaware localities use federal grant programs (such as Presidential and Federal Protective Reimbursement processes) to recoup overtime and some operational costs; New Castle County reported reimbursements of $930,859.47 for the fiscal year ending 2021 and $739,222.96 for the following year, and county officials have said the grants are calculated on the federal fiscal year cycle (Oct. 1–Sept. 30) ^[2]. Delaware reporting also notes that over the first two fiscal years of the Biden administration, Delaware recouped more than $3.5 million from the grant fund — a figure tied to state/local reimbursements rather than direct White House spending ^{[6] [7]}.

3. Costs borne by state agencies and gaps in federal reimbursement

Delaware reporting highlights costs that federal reimbursement does not cover — for example, Delaware State Police reported roughly $400,000 in unreimbursed fuel costs tied to Biden’s frequent in‑state movements in one year, and local officials have asked state budgets to pick up those gaps ^{[6] [7]}. That illustrates a split: some travel-related operational costs are reclaimed by local agencies through grants, while other bills (fuel, some logistics) may remain on county/state ledgers ^[7].

4. Differences in what “White House spent” means and why journalists reach different totals

Analyses that arrive at an $11 million-plus number aggregate federal aviation operating rates (Air Force One cited at roughly $177,843/hour in some reports) and Secret Service cost slices, using trip counts recorded by observers like Mark Knoller; those methods can produce credible estimates but are not official White House fiscal ledgers and omit indirect or shared costs ^{[1] [3]}. Local reimbursement figures reflect what counties and states spent and later applied for under specific federal grant programs — not a wholesale tally of White House operational account lines ^[2].

5. What the available sources do not provide (key missing data)

Available sources do not provide an official White House, itemized, fiscal‑year breakdown of total White House expenditures for Biden’s Delaware travel by FY2021–FY2025. They also do not present a consolidated federal accounting that reconciles aviation operating bills, Secret Service budgets, military support, and local reimbursements into a single FY-by‑FY table (not found in current reporting) ^{[1] [2]}.

6. How to get the precise fiscal‑year breakdown if you need it

To obtain a true fiscal‑year breakdown you would need primary federal records: (a) White House travel logs tied to obligation/expenditure lines; (b) Air Mobility Command/USAF cost reports for Air Force One/Marine One flights by date; (c) Secret Service budget or cost-per-trip breakdowns; and (d) FEMA/DOJ grant reimbursements filed by Delaware localities. The current news sources cite partials and estimates but do not release those consolidated primary federal accounting datasets ^{[1] [2]}.

Bottom line: contemporary reporting offers useful estimates (notably an $11M-plus tab through late 2022 and multi‑hundred‑thousand‑dollar local reimbursement figures by fiscal year), but no single source in the available reporting delivers a complete White House fiscal‑year-by‑fiscal‑year expenditure breakdown for Biden’s Delaware travel ^{[1] [2] [6]}.