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(*This developing story will be updated) President Joe Biden is slated to travel to Boston on Sunday night to pick up a lifetime achievement award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate. The award comes as the institute on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester celebrates its 10th anniversary. Former Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and retired U.S. Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti also are expected to be honored. Former U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who served as secretary of state while Biden was vice president, will serve as an honorary chairperson of the event, WCVB-TV in Boston reported. “We believe that we can inspire new generations of leaders by highlighting the example of those who came before them, like Senator Ted Kennedy,” Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Kennedy’s widow and the co-founder of the Kennedy Institute, said, according to the outlet. “President Biden, Secretary Walsh, and Admiral Franchetti are all such exemplary and inspiring leaders, dedicated to improving the lives of others in our community and throughout our country.” Biden, a Democrat who served for decades as a U.S. senator from Delaware, was former President Barack Obama’s second-in-command for two terms from 2009 to 2016. Biden won the White House in 2020, defeating President Donald Trump. He abandoned his 2024 reelection bid under pressure from his fellow Democrats, throwing his backing to former Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump, a Republican, defeated Harris last November, winning a second term and recapturing the White House. Biden’s appearance in Boston comes after the 82-year-old completed a round of radiation treatment for prostate cancer, CBS News reported. The news is encouraging, but does not signal the end of Biden’s treatment, the network reported.
