Biden will sit down for the first hand-picked post-debate interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulous, which will be hidden during the July 4 long weekend

President Joe Biden will sit in on ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive interview that will air over the Fourth of July weekend, a time when audience engagement is expected to be low.

It’s Biden’s first interview since his trainwreck of a presidential debate, which has seen him face calls to withdraw from the race in the aftermath. The interview will be pre-recorded, meaning what airs for viewers could be edited.

Democrats have called on the president to hold more live, impromptu events without a teleprompter to quell concerns about his mental health.

Biden also has a series of public events coming up in the coming days, including a trip to Wisconsin on Friday and a press conference next week when NATO leaders are in town. He will tape the interview with ABC News in Wisconsin.

“He knows how to do the job,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. But she acknowledged of the debate that “it was a bad night.”

A first look at the ABC interview will air Friday, July 5, on World News Tonight, with more coverage on weekend editions of Good Morning America. The extended interview will air Sunday, July 7, on This Week with George Stephanopoulos and on Good Morning America on Monday, July 8.

Biden previously spoke with Stephanopoulos in August 2021 when he defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It is one of the few sit-down television interviews Biden has done as president.

Meanwhile, for the second day in a row, Biden did not answer the question of whether or not he should withdraw from the presidential race.

The president, who was at the Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, ignored a shouted question from reporters on the topic. He also ignored a similar question on Monday night, which was shouted at him at the White House after he spoke about a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Biden has taken center stage to talk about extreme weather and the dangers of heat. He is also facing political heat himself, as many Democrats are pushing for him to drop out of the presidential race after his disastrous debate performance with Donald Trump.

His comments came shortly after Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first sitting Democrat to demand that Biden resign.

“I represent the heart of a congressional district that was once held by Lyndon Johnson,” Doggett said in a statement. “Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to retire.”

“President Biden should do the same,” he continued.

Biden’s campaign has made it clear that the president isn’t going anywhere and plans to remain the Democratic nominee.

But Biden still faces a demoralized staff and donors who are threatening to shut down his campaign.

And even some Democrats argue his age is a legitimate issue.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC on Tuesday that she believes “it’s a legitimate question” whether Biden’s faltering performance is just “an incident or whether it’s a condition.”

“When people ask that question, it’s legitimate — from both candidates,” Pelosi said. Trump is 78.

Pelosi said she had not spoken to Biden since the debate, but she stressed that the president is “at the top of his game because he knows the issues and the stakes.”

Biden noted in his speech on Tuesday that heat can be deadly.

“Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States. More people die from extreme heat than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes,” he said.

He also warned of the signs of heat exhaustion.

“Be aware of the signs: headaches, nausea, and always have water with you when you go out,” he said.

Biden returned to the White House on Monday night as the 81-year-old president has been plagued by questions about whether he should remain in the 2024 presidential race.

After the Atlanta debate debacle, Biden traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he delivered a powerful comeback speech.

“I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up,” the president said, admitting, “I don’t debate as well as I used to.”

President Joe Biden speaks about the dangers of extreme heat

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas was the first Democratic lawmaker to call on President Biden to withdraw from the race

But Democratic donors and other party members remained up in arms about Biden’s sometimes incoherent performance.

The president spent the weekend fundraising in New York and New Jersey before returning to Camp David, where he had spent a week preparing for the debate.

The Biden family posed for photos with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz as they encouraged the 81-year-old to stay in the fight, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Staff were blamed for failing to properly prepare the president for his confrontation with Trump.

But former employees rejected that blame game.

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended former White House chief of staff Ron Klain and Biden’s top adviser Anita Dunn, noting that “preparation doesn’t always determine outcomes.”

“Biden was bad,” Psaki posted to X. “Important conversations about what happens next. But when you focus your anger on ‘prep,’ you’re not talking about the right things.”

Meanwhile, Biden will have lunch with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Wednesday and has also invited all Democratic governors to meet that day, in an effort to shore up his support within the party.

Reports indicate that many governors will be attending virtually, given the short notice of the event.

The meeting comes after Democratic governors previously held a phone call asking Biden to speak with them, CBS News reported.