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First lady will visit Miami as Biden Administration ramps up Cancer Moonshot program

President Biden, then vice president, with his wife Jill Biden and former President Barack Obama walking toward the Rose Garden at the White House. Biden oversaw the Cancer Moonshot program during the final year of the Obama administration.
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Vice President Joe Biden, with his wife Dr. Jill Biden, and President Obama walking toward the Rose Garden at the White House Wednesday before announcing he would not run for president.

First lady Jill Biden will travel to Florida on Thursday for a pair of events in Tampa and Miami on Friday as the Biden administration ramps up its “Cancer Moonshot” program.

The first lady’s office announced Monday that she will visit the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa-locka as part of her visit to the state. Exact details for the event will be announced in the coming days.

Her Florida visit comes after the Biden administration relaunched the Cancer Moonshot. The program aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by 50% over 25 years.

Read more from our news partner at The Miami Herald.

Bryan Lowry
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