Joe Biden will hold his first presidential press conference next Thursday, the White House announced on Tuesday amid criticism about the amount of time it has taken the president to hold a formal question and answer session with the press. . . .

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• Joe Biden will hold his first presidential press conference next Thursday
• ‘President Biden will hold a formal press conference on the afternoon of Thursday, March 25th,’ White House press secretary Jen Psaki said
• Biden has been criticized for not holding a formal press conference
• He has taken questions informally from the press
• That date is Biden’s 64th day in office, a record for a modern president in waiting to hold a press conference
• Most presidents hold a press conference their first month in office . . .

That date is Biden’s 64th day in office, a record for a modern president in waiting to hold a press conference. The previous record was set by President George W. Bush, who waited 33 days before hosting one.

Most presidents – including Donald Trump and Barack Obama – hold a press conference in the first month of their administration. Trump held one on day 27 while Obama held one on day 20.

A CNN analysis of the past 100 years found Biden is behind his 15 most recent predecessors, who all held a solo press conference within 33 days of taking office. . . .

Earlier this month Psaki defended Biden, saying he answers questions from reporters at events even though he hasn’t held a formal press conference. . . .

Biden also has answered questions when he’s leaving the White House for trips and after he’s made various announcements.

Psaki also pointed to the current crises the president is tackling – the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout.

‘So I think the American people would certainly understand if his focus, his energy and his attention has been on ensuring we secure enough vaccines to vaccinate all Americans, which we will do by the end of May and then pushing for a rescue plan that will provide direct checks to almost 160 million Americans,’ the press secretary added.  . . .

Psaki has held a briefing every weekday since the inauguration unless the president is traveling.

Briefings, however, have been limited to a rotating cast of reporters, in order for the press corps to maintain social distancing protocols.  . . .

For months on the campaign trail, he’d ignore shouted questions.

When he started doing Q&A during the end of the campaign and the transition, one of his aides would give him a list of reporters to choose from, often from friendlier or the mainstream broadcast outlets.   . . .

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(Excerpt from The Daily Mail. Article by Emily Gooden. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)