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His visit comes after publicly disclosing he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Biden stepped back into the spotlight following the end of his term earlier this year and gave his first post-presidency interview to the BBC in May. He also sat down with 'The View' that month.
The National Bar Association is the oldest and largest network of African American lawyers, judges, law professors and law students in the United States
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