First lady Jill Biden is set to visit a medical center in New Orleans to stress the importance of cancer research. Friday's trip comes a day after President Joe Biden proposed a budget that contains $2.8 billion to fight cancer. The Democratic president’s overall budget plan has been roundly criticized by Republicans and won’t make it intact through Congress. But Biden is hoping the fight against cancer will find bipartisan support. Scheduled to accompany the first lady at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center was Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician. He joined his fellow Republicans a day earlier in criticizing the overall budget plan.
