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Elodie MAZEIN with Danny KEMP in Washington

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Scranton joe biden campaign returns to blue collar roots - The Untold Story

President Joe Biden was born in Scranton and often revisits to underline his middle class roots (Credit: AFP)

Joe Biden loves nothing more than peppering speeches with references to his blue-collar roots in Scranton, Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, his reelection campaign is taking him right to the heart of that political mythology with a hometown visit.

The 81-year-old US president will reach out to working- and middle-class voters with an address in the former mining town, calling on the rich to pay more tax.

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