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ELECTION 2024 | JILL BIDEN IN MADISON

First lady Jill Biden tours Exact Sciences to highlight early cancer detection

EMILIE HEIDEMANN
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023 Updated Nov 17, 2023

Jill Biden — In front, from left, first lady Jill Biden, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and CEO Kevin Conroy tour Exact Sciences in Madison. Behind them are Ana Hooker, Exact Sciences' chief laboratory officer, and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
EMILIE HEIDEMANN, STATE JOURNAL

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First lady Jill Biden visited Madison Thursday to promote early cancer detection and attend a fundraiser with state politicians, among other events throughout the day.

First lady supports Joe Biden's potential run for reelection in 2024.

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Jill Biden — From left, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, first lady Jill Biden and Exact Sciences CEO Kevin Conroy talk with specimen processing lead Pang Kue-Polyakov and Ana Hooker, chief laboratory officer, during Biden's tour of the cancer diagnostics company.
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