Joe Biden opened his remarks at the White House Correspondents dinner by roasting his predecessor, who skipped the annual event for the first three years of his presidency. Noting that he was the first chief executive to attend the event since then-President Barack Obama participated in 2016, Mr Biden said it was understandable that no president had attended in the intervening years. “We had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid,” he said. Watch more videos at Independent TV: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/edit... Like us on Facebook: / theindependentonline Follow us on Twitter: / independent Follow us on Instagram: / the.independent Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: https://bit.ly/2MiOONB