Live updates: President Joe Biden visits Cincinnati for town hall, union training center tour
President Joe Biden arrives in Cincinnati today to participate in a CNN town hall and tour a union training center.
The visit marks his third trip to the Buckeye State since he took office and comes as he's working with Republicans, including Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, to push a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package through Congress.
The town hall will air live at 8 p.m. at Mount St. Joseph University. The decision to hold it at the Catholic university drew swift rebuke from local Catholics and advocates who are critical of his views on abortion access.
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Here's the latest on Biden's visit.
5:25 p.m.: Biden arrives at union training center
The president arrived at the IBEW/NECA Electrical Training Center on Glenway Avenue shortly after 5 p.m., according to pool reports. He was greeted by Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, who is running for governor, along with a group of state and local Democrats.
Biden will tour the center and deliver remarks touting his economic agenda.
-Haley BeMiller
5:15 p.m.: The Farm in Delhi rails against Biden
As Biden's motorcade passed through Delhi on the way to the IBEW/NECA Electrical Training Center, The Farm banquet center had its own way of greeting him.
"Hey Joe, you know we know Trump won," its sign read.
Last year, The Farm was host to an anti-abortion rally organized by nationally known activist Randall Terry.
-Haley BeMiller
5 p.m.: UC student invited to town hall
Tyler Benson, 20, learned at 11:30 p.m. Monday he might get a chance to ask President Joe Biden a question.
That’s when the political science major at the University of Cincinnati said he received an email from CNN that he would be one of the people invited to Biden’s CNN town hall.
CNN had reached out to UC’s political science department, Benson said, asking for students interested in attending.
Benson said he had to submit three questions last week to CNN along with who he supported in the election and his voting history. Benson said he supported Biden.
He’s not allowed to say what his questions are before the town hall, he said, but one is about COVID-19, one is about gun violence and another is about term limits.
Benson said he doesn’t know if he’ll be called upon.
“I’m just excited for the opportunity, even if the opportunity doesn’t come to ask him a question, just being there and being asked to attend,” Benson said.
-Scott Wartman
4:10 p.m.: Biden lands at CVG
Biden landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport shortly before 4:10 p.m. Among those greeting him: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a fellow Democrat.
Biden spoke with Beshear and his family and took a photo with the group before leaving the airport.
- Carl Weiser and Julia Fair
2:45 p.m.: Biden departs White House for Cincinnati
Biden left the White House around 2:45 p.m. and boarded Air Force One shortly before 3 p.m., according to pool reports. He's scheduled to arrive at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport at 4:10 p.m.
-Haley BeMiller