Biden's Boston Visit Will Focus On Cancer 'Moonshot'

BOSTON, MA — President Joe Biden's visit to Massachusetts on Monday will take place on the anniversary of a famous John F. Kennedy speech setting a goal of landing on the moon. And Biden will use the occasion to announce his own "moonshot."

Biden will speak at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday about an initiative to "end cancer as we know it," according to the Associated Press.

Biden's son, Beau Biden, died of cancer in 2015, prompting the now-president to set a "cancer moonshot" goal to eradicate the disease. Biden has said he wants the U.S. to cut the rate of cancer deaths in half over the next 25 years.

Biden will also use his stop in Massachusetts to discuss a $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed by Biden in November that will fund a slew of projects across the U.S., from expanding internet access and replacing lead pipes to rebuilding bridges and roads.

The Monday visit to Boston will be Biden's second stop in Massachusetts in recent months. Biden was last in the state on July 20, when he visited the Brayton Point Power in Somerset to talk about climate change.