Michelle Obama was married to a president.
The 2011 White House shooting occurred on November 11 , 2011 , when Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez , an unemployed 21-year-old man , fired a semi-automatic rifle at the White House , the official residence of the U.S. Presidency in Washington , D.C. . First Lady of the United States ( FLOTUS ) is the informal but accepted title held by the wife of the President of the United States , concurrent with the president 's term of office . Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama ( born January 17 , 1964 ) is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 . She is married to the 44th President of the United States , Barack Obama , and is the first African-American First Lady . Obama campaigned for her husband 's presidential bid throughout 2007 and 2008 , delivering a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention .