Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden

will travel to Houston on Monday to meet with the family of George Floyd, the

man whose killing by a Minneapolis police officer has set off protests across

the country, a campaign aide said Sunday.

Biden will

offer his condolences in person a day before the third and final funeral

service for Floyd. He’ll also tape a video to play at the ceremony, the Biden

aide said.

The former

vice president will not stay for the service out of concern for disrupting the

event since he has Secret Service protection that would require security

sweeps, said a person familiar with the decision.

Biden’s trip

to the Texas city where Floyd spent much of his life will bolster his efforts

to strike a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump, whose response to

Floyd’s killing has centered around encouraging a strong show of force against

looting and violence. Trump won’t attend the funeral either, and hasn’t

indicated that he plans to meet with the Floyds in person.

Floyd, 46,

died on Memorial Day after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than

eight minutes. His death set off protests across the US and the world, some of

them accompanied by violence and looting. Governors in many states have

deployed the National Guard to deal with the unrest, although massive

demonstrations on Saturday were largely peaceful.

The funeral

in Houston is part of several days of memorials, beginning with a service in

Minneapolis, where Floyd lived and was killed on Thursday. There was another

service on Saturday in the small town of Raeford, North Carolina, where Floyd

was born.