President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona this week and is expected to deliver a “democracy focused” speech on Thursday.
The president will also be giving remarks on the late Senator John McCain. Biden recently visited McCain’s memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The White House says Biden will be headlining a series of fundraisers before the end of the month, including one in Arizona.
Biden's speech, which is scheduled for Sept. 28 and expected in the Phoenix area, will focus on “the work we must do together to strengthen our democracy,” the White House said Thursday. The remarks will also honor the legacy of McCain, whose memorial in Hanoi Biden visited earlier this month during his trip to India and Vietnam.
“I miss him," Biden said of McCain at the memorial, located near where McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down in 1967 by the North Vietnamese. McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. “He was a good friend."
