FILE IMAGE - Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Edward Kennedy Institute on the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force's mission to double the rate of progress in cancer research and treatment on Oct.
19, 2016, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Pho WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Wednesday will reignite his "Cancer Moonshot" effort, an initiative launched while he was vice president under the Obama administration that aims to accelerate U.S.
progress in the fight against cancer.Under a "renewed White House leadership effort," Biden has committed to a goal of reducing cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years and improving the experience for those living with and surviving the disease.The president was scheduled to give remarks around 1:30 p.m.
ET Wednesday from the East Room of the White House, along with his wife, Jill, and Vice President Kamala Harris.Biden lost his eldest son, Beau, to brain cancer in 2015 and the issue has become deeply personal for the commander-in-chief.The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 1,918,030 new cancer cases and 609,360 cancer deaths this year.