Vice President JD Vance said he is looking forward to seeing former President Joe Biden in New York next week, joking that they would have "intense intellectual conversations" when they meet at Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The remark, made during his first press briefing since Karoline Leavitt's departure as press secretary, highlights the unusual gathering of current and former US leaders expected to mark the anniversary together, despite the political rivalry between the Trump administration and Biden.

Vance will join former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, along with former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, at the New York remembrance ceremony, while President Donald Trump attends a separate event at the Pentagon and other officials represent the administration in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vance said the arrangement reflects the need to honour all three sites affected by the 2001 attacks, and described the anniversary as a meaningful, unifying occasion, recalling taking his own children to see victims' names during the 2024 campaign.