vice president joe biden and his wife jill biden , who share scalia ’s
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when asked whether obama 's saturday plans include golfing , earnest stressed instead that the president believes it is important to honor scalia 's life and service .
related : obama hails justice antonin scalia , says he will nominate successor when pressed for clarification on obama missing the funeral , white house press secretary josh earnest repeated that " the president will pay his respects at the supreme court on friday and he 'll be joined with the first lady when he does that . "
| getty obama to skip scalia 's funeral the president 's decision is being played up by some as a snub at a politically fraught time .
updated by halimah abdullah president barack obama will not attend justice antonin scalia ’s funeral saturday , the white house confirmed .
former president bill clinton attended the funerals for former chief justice warren e. burger and justice william brennan but did not attend the funerals for justices harry blackmun or lewis f. powell jr. former vice president al the bench chair of supreme court justice antonin scalia , who died saturday , is draped in black .
” white house press secretary josh earnest revealed the president ’s plans during the daily briefing , saying obama and first lady michelle obama will go to the supreme court on friday “ to pay their respects to justice scalia ” while the justice lies in repose in the great hall .
vice president joe biden will attend scalia ’s body lies in repose in the great hall of the supreme court building .