Biden visits childhood hometown days before voters will pick either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump as his successor
SCRANTON, Pa. — With just a few days until voters decide his successor, President Joe Biden returned to his childhood hometown Saturday in hopes of tipping Pennsylvania’s crucial electors toward his vice president.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” Biden told a crowd of supporters at a South Scranton union hall. “The choice couldn’t be clearer.”
Biden’s return to Scranton marked his first appearance in northeast Pennsylvania to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden on the ticket when Biden announced in July that he would not seek a second term.
Polls show Harris and former President Donald Trump virtually tied in Pennsylvania, where the 19 electoral votes up for grabs could determine who sits in the White House.
Biden, who spent part of his childhood living on Scranton’s North Washington Avenue, sought to buttress support for Harris in …
