Joe Biden jokes the Japanese PM 'made it real clear' he wanted Jill Biden at Tokyo Olympics instead of him as White House is lit up in red, white and blue to support Team USA
President Joe Biden joked Friday night that the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga 'made it real clear' that he wanted first lady Jill Biden - and not the US president - in Tokyo for the Olympics' opening ceremony. 'Jill wanted to be here tonight, but if you turn on the Olympics and watch Team USA you'll see Jill Biden standing there,' Biden said at a campaign rally for Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe. 'The Japanese prime minister, who I invited as the first person to come to the White House as a head of state, he made it real clear, he didn't want me, he wanted her to go.' The Biden administration lit up the White House Friday night as well, as the opening ceremony, which had been attended by the first lady 12 hours before, played on primtime TV in the United States. The White House was lit up Friday night to mark the Tokyo summer Olympics opening ceremony, which first lady Jill Biden attended in person President Joe Biden