Biden continues to 'fine tune' speech and is in 'great spirits' on way to DNC
Biden continues to "fine tune" his speech after working on it over the weekend and is in "great spirits" as he heads to the convention, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One.
"Yeah, look, the president is certainly going to continue to fine tune the speech, if you will. He had an opportunity to work on it this past weekend with Mike Donilon and Vinay Reddy, and so he's very much looking forward to this moment. As I just said, it is a fulfilling moment for him, and he's excited. He's excited," Jean-Pierre said.
"It's a big night. He's looking forward to it. He's looking forward to addressing the Democratic Party and and obviously the nation. It's a big night," she added
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Jean-Pierre said Biden was in a good mood on the plane ride over.
"He's in great spirits and I think what you'll see is a president who has put his kind of his personal agenda aside and putting the country first, and that's who he's always been throughout his career, more than 50 years," Jean-Pierre said.
Read more about what observers expect from Biden's opening night speech here.
-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett