The sister of a U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018 accused President Biden of ignoring her family after he called the wife of Brittney Griner, who is also jailed in Russia.
Elizabeth Whelan, the sister of Paul Whelan, called on Mr. Biden to reach out to her family to talk about bringing her brother home to the U.S.
Ms. Whelan on Thursday tweeted a press release from the White House announcing the president’s call to the wife of Ms. Griner, a basketball star who has been held in a Russian jail for four months on drug charges.