Biden roasts Trump (in a serious way) at annual press dinner

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There were some 2,600 people at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. But, really, it came down to only two men: Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Washington's annual mashup of political humor and earnest paeans to the free press is typically a good-natured collection of one-liners and affectionate jabs at friends and enemies alike. But it was the leading 2024 presidential contenders who loomed largest — one in the Washington Hilton hotel ballroom, the other who definitely, positively, probably was not watching from Mar-a-Lago. Unless, of course, he was.