The pregame presidential interview is a relatively young tradition, stretching back only to Barack Obama’s first year in office, and one that Donald Trump skipped once himself.
“We hope viewers enjoy watching what they tuned in for — the game,” White House communications director Ben LaBolt told CNN.
In past years, the Super Bowl presidential interviews often drove news coverage for days.
But the Biden White House has always been skeptical of the value of doing so, in part due to anxiety that a flub could become an unwanted distraction.
Biden’s last major interview was on comedian Conan O’Brien’s podcast, recorded at the White House in December.
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