COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Latest on the Democratic candidates running for president (all times local):5:20 p.m.Joe Biden is emphasizing voting rights in his first presidential campaign stop in South Carolina. He told supporters in Columbia, South Carolina, that Republican laws making it harder to vote amount to a new era of segregation laws. ——5:15 p.m.Joe and Jill Biden are emphasizing their long ties to South Carolina as the former vice-president makes his first presidential campaign stop in the South’s first primary state. At a rally in Columbia, South Carolina, Jill Biden said the couple came to South Carolina to grieve after Biden’s son, Beau, died of cancer in 2015. Clyburn, who typically doesn’t endorse before the South Carolina presidential primary, is not attending Biden’s event, but Biden noted one of Clyburn’s daughters was at the rally.

Source: National Post May 04, 2019 17:57 UTC