Biden Calls Ohio and Pennsylvania Officials to Address East Palestine Train Derailment

President Joe Biden speaks about the administration's response to recent aerial objects at the White House in Washington, on Feb. 16, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden called elected officials in Ohio and Pennslyvania on Tuesday to address the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

In social media posts on Tuesday, Biden said he spoke by phone with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). Biden called those officials from Poland and continued his visit to the eastern European country on Wednesday.