First lady Jill Biden to join president on trip to Mexico City

BY A STAFF REPORTER: First lady Jill Biden will join President Joe Biden on his trip next week to Mexico City, according to the White House. Biden has a “substantive, independent schedule which will focus on our shared cultural connections and her work to empower women and girls around the world,” the first lady’s press secretary, Vanessa Valdivia told. The announcement comes ahead of the president’s first visit as commander in chief to Mexico, where he will discuss migration issues with the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City. On the way, Biden plans to visit the US southern border on Sunday, stopping in El Paso, Texas, to meet local officials and address border security issues. It will be his first stop at the border as president.