JOINT BASE ANDREWS, United States, Aug 2, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted journalist Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans Thursday who arrived back on US soil after being freed by Russia in a huge prisoner swap, an AFP journalist saw.

Gershkovich, former US marine Paul Whelan, and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were met with cheers from waiting family and friends as they disembarked a plane at Joint Base Andrews near Washington and each embraced Biden and Harris.