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President Joe Biden will give a formal press conference next week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday – as the president starts the year with low poll numbers and faces defeat of two key agenda items.
Wednesday will mark 78 days since his last formal press conference – a period that has seen Biden's approval rating slide, amid the spread of the omicron variant, the failure to pass his Build Back Better plan, and his so far unsuccessful effort to move voting rights legislation.
As of Friday, Biden had gone 73 days without such an event.
Biden will face the press on Jan. 19, the anniversary of former President Donald Trump's last full day in office.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who has been fending off questions from reporters for weeks about when Biden would hold such an event, mentioned it at the top of her briefing Friday.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to hold a formal press conference Wednesday. He has taken questions at less formal events, as he did at the Capitol Thursday, often fielding one or two
'Next Wednesday, the President will hold a formal press conference at 4pm in the afternoon. So we look forward to seeing you there and to the presidents who are speaking directly to the American people,' she said.
Her delivery was casual, and a reporter in the room later asked when Biden would hold his next news conference
