First Lady Jill Biden and President-elect Donald Trump Attend Notre-Dame Reopening

Ceremony draws around 50 heads of state to commemorate the restoration after devastating 2019 fire.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (second from left) gestures as she talks with President-elect Donald Trump (R) inside Notre-Dame Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark cathedral, in central Paris, Saturday. Around 50 heads of state and government were expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden closed out her final overseas tour Saturday seated one chair away from President-elect Donald Trump in the reopening ceremony of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

The first lady attended the evening ceremony with her daughter, Ashley Biden. They entered a clear tent erected in front of the cathedral as they gree…