The president will travel to Puerto Rico on Monday and to Florida on Wednesday to tour hurricane damage in two places that have been significantly affected.
The president, who will be joined by first lady Jill Biden, has spoken repeatedly about the devastation from the hurricanes — first when Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico nearly two weeks ago and then in recent days as Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida — and his desire to visit each place.
It is unclear whether on his trip to Florida the president will meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis , who has been a political adversary but also someone he has spoken to several times amid the storm. Biden was scheduled to be in Florida Tuesday for a rally with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist, who is running to unseat DeSantis, but it had to be canceled due to the hurricane..
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