Biden, looking to bolster Latino support, is forced to cancel speech after Covid diagnosis

Facing calls to bow out of the presidential race, President Joe Biden was primed Wednesday to speak to a usually supportive audience of Latino leaders and community organizers, but minutes before his speech, it was announced that he had tested positive for Covid.

Biden’s appearance at the UnidosUS conference in Las Vegas was already delayed when Janet Murguía, the group’s president, looking a little teary-eyed, appeared onstage and announced that the president had called her to say that he could not make it.