This 106-year-old admitted she never thought she’d live to visit the White House — and then gave the president and first lady a surprise of their own.

Virginia McLaurin danced her way across the room as she met Barack and Michelle Obama as part of Black History Month.

“Slow down now, don’t go too quick!” joked the president, clearly taken aback at the diminutive centenarian’s energy. The first lady told her: “I want to be like you when I grow up.” 

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