Asked If He Would Press Xi Personally to Open Up to Virus Origin Investigators, Biden Deflects

President Biden was asked Wednesday whether, given how much time he says he has spent in the past with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he would consider calling him up – “old friend to old friend” – and urge him to cooperate in the coronavirus origin investigation. Biden disputed the characterization of Xi as an “old friend,” but did not otherwise answer the question.