RICHMOND, Va. – During a visit to a cancer center Wednesday, first lady Jill Biden said health disparities have hurt communities of color “for far too long” and “it’s about time” the country got serious about ending those inequities.
Jill Biden's visit to Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center in Richmond was her first public trip outside Washington since her husband's inauguration last month.
She has been a longtime advocate for cancer patients and their families. Her and President Joe Biden's son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
Her parents also died of cancer. During her visit, Jill Biden recounted how four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer within a one-year period in the 1990s. “Cancer