U.S. President Barack Obama was offered a “standing invitation” to the Rio Olympics by Brazil President Dilma Rousseff in a joint White House news conference on Tuesday.
Obama hasn’t attended an Olympics as president.
Vice President Joe Biden attended the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. First Lady Michelle Obama attended the London 2012 Games. Then-Deputy Secretary of State William Burns attended the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
If he doesn’t attend the Rio Games, Obama will become the first U.S. president not to attend an Olympics during his time in office since George H.