Joe Biden on why he's involved in S.C.'s governor's race
Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to build ties to South Carolina.
Over the years, he befriended South Carolina’s longtime U.S. senators Fritz Hollings and Strom Thurmond, campaigned for president in the early primary state and vacationed in the Lowountry.
Now Biden’s getting involved in state politics as a muse for ally, state Rep. James Smith, the first Democrat to formally join the 2018 governor’s race.
Supporting Smith is seen as way for Biden, 74, to ramp up a 2020 presidential bid, speculation that he's brushed off. In an interview with The Post and Courier, Biden said he's backing a candidate who is a kindred spirit of his late son and could bring a sense of service to the state's highest office.
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