Overview

• Former President Joe Biden met with select Harvard Kennedy School students in an off-the-record study group on April 16.
• The session was organized by Mike Donilon, Biden's senior adviser and a spring fellow at the school’s Institute of Politics.
• The Kennedy School emphasized that the visit was part of its tradition of hosting bipartisan leaders to engage with future public servants.
• Security was heightened, with restricted access to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum during the event, and attendees were not informed of Biden’s identity beforehand.
• Officials confirmed the visit was unrelated to ongoing funding disputes between Harvard and the Trump administration.