--- title: Michelle Obama Wishes Barack Obama a Happy Birthday in Photo description: Michelle Obama wished Barack Obama a happy birthday with the sweetest photo on Instagram canonical: https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-04T16:04:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:10.691Z og:title: Michelle Obama Shared the Sweetest Photo to Wish Barack a Happy Birthday og:description: "Another year older, but the same phenomenal guy I married nearly 25 years ago" og:url: https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfda393dcea029179/6988d33a0b72e369616ee635/gettyimages-674066356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Michelle Obama Makes First Public Appearance After Inauguration At Orlando Conf. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama Shared the Sweetest Photo to Wish Barack a Happy Birthday twitter:description: "Another year older, but the same phenomenal guy I married nearly 25 years ago" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfda393dcea029179/6988d33a0b72e369616ee635/gettyimages-674066356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michelle Obama Wished Barack Obama a Happy Birthday With the Sweetest Throwback Photo > Sponsored content. 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But for [Michelle Obama’s](http://time.com/4823587/fathers-day-2017-barack-michelle-obama-message-exchange/) message for her [husband’s 56th birthday](http://time.com/4803376/obama-photographer-on-trump/) on Friday, she shared a simple shot of a relatable moment on Instagram: the birthday wish. The former FLOTUS kicked off the festivities by sharing a throwback photo of the pair and the kids blowing out the birthday cake candles on his 43rd birthday. “Another year older, but the same phenomenal guy I married nearly 25 years ago. Happy birthday, @BarackObama — we love you so much!” she captioned the picture. Former Vice President Joe Biden also renewed supporters’ love of his bromance with the former commander in chief with a fondly remembered jovial shot of the highly meme-able dynamic duo. See the posts below. > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/893482315787247616) > [](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/893478138822479872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama Wished Barack Obama a Happy Birthday With the Sweetest Throwback Photo","datePublished":"2017-08-04T16:04:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:10.691Z","description":"Michelle Obama wished Barack Obama a happy birthday with the sweetest photo on Instagram","url":"https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Barack Obama","politics","Family","Michelle Obama","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfda393dcea029179/6988d33a0b72e369616ee635/gettyimages-674066356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfda393dcea029179/6988d33a0b72e369616ee635/gettyimages-674066356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michelle Obama Makes First Public Appearance After Inauguration At Orlando Conf.","caption":"Michelle Obama Makes First Public Appearance After Inauguration At Orlando Conf.","creditText":"Gerardo Mora—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4887709/michelle-obama-barack-obama-a-happy-birthday-wish-photo/","name":"Michelle Obama Wished Barack Obama a Happy Birthday With the Sweetest Throwback Photo"}}]}] ```