Biden drops a hint on whether he will attend Trump’s inauguration if he defeats Kamala Harris

President Joe Biden was asked on Tuesday if would attend Donald Trump‘s inauguration if the Republican was victorious in the 2024 election.

Trump did not attend Biden’s in 2021, contending that the election was stolen.

The president was also asked if Kamala Harris is ‘much more progressive’ than him, after the White House insisted on Monday there was ‘no daylight’ between their policy agendas.

Biden spoke to the press as polls showed a continued bump for Harris a week before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Biden comments on Harris’ progressiveness

President Joe Biden on Tuesday declined to say if Kamala Harris was more progressive than he is.

‘The issues we’ve worked on together have made great progress economically. No one called what we did on infrastructure “progressive.” It’s a good policy,’ he said.

Biden made his comments to reporters on the South Lawn ahead of his trip to New Orleans.

Republicans have charged Harris is a liberal who will bring her ‘California-ness’ to the nation.

Biden indicates he would attend a Trump inauguration

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

President Joe Biden indicated he would attend Donald Trump’s inauguration if the former president wins a second term in November.

‘I have good manners – not like him,’ Biden told reporters on the South Lawn before he left for New Orleans.

Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration in January 2021.

Biden also was asked about calling Trump a danger to American security, to which he responded: ‘That’s just a statement. That’s a factual statement.’

But he declined to discuss Ukraine’s incursion into Russia, noting: ‘I’d rather not comment on that publicly.’

Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to New Orleans for an event tied to their Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Bidens announce more cancer funding

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden announced $150 million in funding to help surgeons more successfully remove tumors for people facing cancer.

‘The funding we announced today will help get these tools into the operating room to visualize tumors right away, instead of having to wait for days and weeks, maybe reopen the patient to go back in. It’s a promising step to reduce the need for follow up surgeries and improve treatments,’ President Biden said.

The Bidens are promoting their ‘moonshot’ initiative to reduce cancer deaths in a visit to Tulane University in New Orleans. It is one of eight universities getting some of Tuesday’s funding.

It’s a cause close to Bidens’ hearts. Their son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015.

‘When Joe and I lost our son to brain cancer, we decided to turn our pain into purpose. We wanted to help families like ours so that they won’t have to experience this terrible loss,’ Jill Biden told the crowd.

Before he leaves office in January, Biden hopes to move the U.S. closer to the goal he set in 2022 to cut cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years, and to improve the lives of caregivers and those suffering from cancer.

Cancer is the second-highest killer of people in the U.S. after heart disease.