In the beginning of the near collapse of the United States, Senator Barack Obama, his family, and Joe Biden and his family, fled back to Hawaii, and established a provisional government. In 2007, the Political Crisis of 2007 occurred, and the United States collapsed underneath itself. Barack Obama and Joe Biden was chosen as the President and Vice President of the USH (United States of Honolulu), and Speaker of the House John Boehner arrived from Washington D.C., and assumed the role as Speaker of the House. Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, not wanting to join Nuwaubia or the ASA, decided to swear loyalty to the "provisional" government in Honolulu. The remainder of the unincorporated US territories - minus Guam - swore loyalty to Honolulu as part of the USH.