Jan 4, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Biden to attend Harry Reid's funeral in Nevada

Shawna Chen

Photo of Joe Biden embracing Harry Reid as photographers face them — Then-Vice President Joe Biden greets retiring Sen. Harry Reid during a portrait unveiling ceremony for Reid in the Russell Building on Dec. 8, 2016. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images

President Biden will attend former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) funeral on Saturday, the White House said Tuesday.

The big picture: Reid died on Dec. 29 at 82 after battling pancreatic cancer. The influential politician, who retired after 30 years in Congress, served with Biden for decades and cultivated a close friendship with the president.

"Harry met the marker for what I’ve always believed is the most important thing by which you can measure a person — their action and their word," Biden said in a statement after Reid's death.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden are set to travel to Las Vegas for the memorial service.
Reid will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda during the week of Jan. 10.

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