President Biden to visit Charleston on Sunday

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — President Joe Biden will spend his last full day in office in Charleston, according to guidance from the White House.

Biden is scheduled to be in the Holy City on Sunday, though the nature of his visit and a specific itinerary were not provided.

The president’s most recent visit to Charleston came last January when he addressed the congregation at Mother Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, where nine people were shot and killed in a June 2015 white supremacist attack. The attack brought former President Obama and at the time, Vice President Biden to Charleston for the victim’s funerals.

After departing the church, Biden and his motorcade traveled to Charleston’s Eastside neighborhood to greet people at Hannibal’s Soul Kitchen.

The Bidens have also been known to vacation on Kiawah Island over the years. The president visited Kiawah while serving as Vice President in 2009, 2013 and in 2015. He and the First Lady vacationed there again in August 2022.

Biden is expected to return to Washington, D.C. for Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

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