President Biden will sit down with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle for his first interview with a serious TV community since Feb. 8.

The interview will talk about Mr. Biden’s infrastructure agenda, his reelection bid and the debt ceiling, MSNBC mentioned in a press launch. It will air Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

Mr. Biden’s final interview with a serious community was with Judy Woodruff on the Public Broadcasting Service “NewsHour” present.

The president has confronted criticism for not doing extra interviews or press conferences. As of April, Mr. Biden had given the fewest interviews of any president since Ronald Reagan.

In his first two years, Mr. Biden has granted 54 interviews. President Barack Obama gave 275 interviews in that span, whereas President Donald Trump did 202, in accordance with information from the American Presidency Project on the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mr. Biden has additionally averaged solely 10 information conferences per yr throughout his time in workplace, whereas Mr. Trump averaged 19.5 and Mr. Obama averaged 23.

The lack of media entry to the president is public proof that Mr. Biden’s strategists are attempting to keep away from unscripted exchanges which have typically been marked by gaffes, blunders and forgetfulness.

That technique might have to alter as Mr. Biden seeks a second time period. Starting with MSNBC, which has been pleasant to his administration, may very well be a solution to ease the president into extra interviews.

The interview Friday can be Mr. Biden’s first since saying his reelection bid. After a spate of troubling public appearances during which he stumbled over sentences, mispronounced phrases and struggled to reply softball questions from kids, he has had a restricted public schedule.

His final public occasion was Monday. The solely merchandise on his agenda Friday earlier than the MSNBC look is a gathering with a number of Cabinet officers.

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