WH insists Biden will serve out a full second term, stresses ‘he has a team’ to help w/ emergencies

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre affirmed that President Biden plans to serve out a full second term if he wins on Nov. 5 and shrugged off concerns about him handling a hypothetical nuclear attack on the country after 8 p.m. Last week during a private meeting with Democratic governors, Biden, 81, informed them that he’s asked his team to refrain from scheduling events after 8 p.m., the Washington Post reported. The president’s apparent curfew became the source of questioning at Tuesday’s White House press briefing. “He also said he’s sharpest before 8 p.m. So, say that the Pen...tagon at some point picked up an incoming nuke. It’s 11 p.m. Who do you call? The First Lady?” a reporter asked Jean-Pierre. “He has a team that lets him know of any … news that is pertinent and important to the American people,” Jean-Pierre explained. Read more at

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