White House finally announces date for Biden press conference

President Biden will finally hold his first press conference on March 25, according to the White House.

It will bring and end to weeks of questions about why he is the first president in a century not to hold a solo question-and-answer session in his first 50 days. And it comes as analysts warned that the delay only raised expectations and the risk of an embarrassing "gotcha" moment.

Officials defended his actions, saying he took questions more than 40 times in other settings and that he had been focused on the pandemic response.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement on Tuesday during a trip with Biden to Pennsylvania. "President Biden will hold a formal press conference on the afternoon of Thursday, March 25," she said.