Obviously, he is not doing this "in private"
You are correct, sir. The Secret Service is paying the Bidens rent. That makes it akin to living in an apartment complex, and the landlord takes his daily swim in the pool au natural.
Now, if my landlord looked like
I wouldn't mind it, but I'm sure my wife would.
Back in 2009 I was on vacation in DC.
Walking past the west side of the WH complex when security shut down all the traffic, vehicle and pedestrian.
After 10 mins or so, an entourage of vehicles comes out the driveway with Joe Biden in an armored Suburban waving to the “crowd” thru the bulletproof glass.
A guy in a thousand dollar suit turns to me and says “if Joe didn’t have a chauffeur, he’d get lost on the way home for lunch”