Aboard Air Force One (AFP) – US basketball star Brittney Griner is as well “as can be expected” in a Russian prison, the White House said Thursday after embassy officials were able to visit her. “She’s doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters traveling with President Joe Biden. Griner is serving a nine-year sentence handed down in August after she pleaded guilty to possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil in vape cartridges. She said the cannabis was to treat pain from her sporting injuries, but Russia does n…