Biden Will Take A Break From Near-Constant Vacationing To Join ‘The View’

President Joe Biden will make a rare appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday, according to an announcement made during Monday’s broadcast of the midday talk show, breaking up what has seemed to be a nearly endless string of vacations.

Regular host Whoopi Goldberg delivered the news at the start of Monday’s show, prompting laughs as she lowered her voice and declared, “I have a historic announcement.”

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BREAKING: In a "historic announcement," Whoopi Goldberg says that President Biden will be Wednesday's guest on The View. pic.twitter.com/85X3eV8Viz

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“This Wednesday, we are honored to have the sitting President of the United States, Joe Biden, will be live on ‘The View’ with us!” she said. “Because — let us not forget, that he is still President of the United States of America.”

The network then cut to a preview of the Biden appearance: “President Joe Biden, his four years in the White House. His impact. His legacy. His future. In a Wednesday exclusive, President Joe Biden in his first interview since the Harris-Trump debate, live on ABC’s ‘The View.'”

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Biden has not been seen in his official capacity on more than a handful of occasions since he exited the 2024 presidential race in late July — while still isolating with his most recent bout with COVID. Since then, he has spent several long weekends at his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in addition to traveling to California and New York. In between, he has stepped out occasionally to stump for Vice President Harris or to attend to official duties.

Even those few appearances have continued to raise questions about Biden’s cognitive decline, however. In one such instance, he raised eyebrows when he told a reporter that he would “do 9/11” — meaning that he planned to attend the memorials — after traveling to New York for a birthday party. Critics also came out in force after it appeared that first lady Jill Biden was actually the one at the helm during a recent Cabinet meeting.