Finally: Biden to Deliver on Long-Promised Visit to East Palestine

President Joe Biden flies into East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday to address mounting criticism he has ignored the victims of an explosive fire caused by a train derailment over one year ago.

The long-promised visit will be Biden’s first interaction with voters on the ground since a special counsel’s report last week questioned the mental acuity of the octogenarian president, as Breitbart News reported.

AP reports Biden, 81, goes to the village of 5,000 at the invitation of its mayor and as the Environmental Protection Agency remains engaged in an extensive cleanup paid for by the train company, Norfolk Southern.

Republicans have long blasted Biden for not visiting sooner and there are some enduring tensions in the community with locals angry they have been ignored by the White House.