Vaccination campaign to focus on hesitant as Biden aims for 70% of adults to have a shot by July 4: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY President Biden sets goal to have 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4 Replay Video UP NEXT To reach his new goal of having 70% of American adults receive at least one vaccine dose by July 4th, President Joe Biden on Tuesday outlined a plan that includes making vaccinations more convenient and convincing those who are hesitant to get the shots. Biden also said he’s aiming for 160 million Americans to be fully vaccinated by Independence Day – an increase of 54 million over the current total. That figure will be easier to reach once adolescents ages 12-15 become eligible, and the president said his administration will be “ready to move immediately’’ once the FDA grants authorization for those inoculations, which could happen as early as next week.