The US White House has released a photograph of President Barack Obama’s daughter Sasha sneaking up on her father as he works in the Oval Office.

The image has drawn comparisons with the famous 1963 image of John F Kennedy Jr. playing underneath the Oval Office desk as her father reads documents.

Mr Obama has said being able to work and live at home is “one of the huge benefits of being president”.
She and her older sister, Malia, are the youngest children to live in the White House since the 1960s, but Mr Obama and his wife Michelle have always said they want their daughters to have as normal a life as possible.

Mr Obama said his family life works well in the White House and his family were his favourite way to unwind.

“One of the huge benefits of being president is I now have this nice office and I go upstairs and have dinner with my family just about every night”

“We’ve got a very good deal.”