WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Joe Biden's first news conference since taking office Jan. 20 (all times local): 11:15 a.m.
The scene is set for President Joe Biden’s first formal news conference in the East Room of the White House on Thursday afternoon.
It’ll look quite from past presidential news conferences, given the coronavirus pandemic. The presidential lectern is on a rug before American and presidential flags in the expansive room.
Just 30 socially distanced chairs are set out, and the White House is limiting attendance at the news conference due to the virus.