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Watch live: Biden revives cancer moonshot at meeting with Quad leaders

U.S. President Joe Biden, from left, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Hiroshima, western Japan Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)

President Biden will host a joint meeting and dinner with the leaders of Australia, Japan and India Saturday evening, after inviting the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) members to his Delaware home.

Biden will meet with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The four nations make up the Quad alliance, which has been a major focus for Biden in his efforts to combat China’s influence.

The president is also expected to make an announcement related to the Biden administrations Cancer Moonshot initiative, aimed at reducing cancer deaths. The president’s son, Beau Biden, died in 2015 from brain cancer.

The event, hosted at his former high school, is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

Watch the live video above.