 U.S. President Joe Biden departed Washington, D.C. on June 9 for North Carolina to tout his economic agenda and pledge support to military families, spending time in a political swing state while Republican presidential candidates who voters there, too, Biden and his wife, Jill, will make stops at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to discuss workforce training programs and at the newly renamed Fort Liberty to talk about new efforts to help veterans and families of those serving in the military, the White House said. Biden's trip comes as Republican presidential candidates are converging on North Carolina for the state's Republican convention. Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who are competing against each other and a field of others for their party's 2024 presidential nomination, are expected to speak there.