Joey (child, Mural Room)

Joey is a young boy who personalizes the White House during a holiday reception when President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet stops to welcome him in the Mural Room. He accepts a handshake with shy pleasure, offering a small, human counterpoint to the episode's procedural tensions. Unnamed beyond his first name, Joey functions as a public, non‑political presence whose brief interaction with the President underscores the administration’s ceremonial role and the emotional register of public visitors.