The former vice president made his pitch for a so-called "public option" during his first presidential campaign stop in South Carolina. ___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. The former vice president added that the Justice Department in a Biden administration would be "aggressive in making sure it doesn't happen." 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.

Source: Economic Times May 04, 2019 21:33 UTC