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"Just Joe" Biden is Stumping for Clinton in the Battleground Mahoning Valley

Labor believes Joe Biden can make a compelling case for the rank-and-file to back Clinton.
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Labor believes Joe Biden can make a compelling case for the rank-and-file to back Clinton.
Labor believes Joe Biden can make a compelling case for the rank-and-file to back Clinton.
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Labor believes Joe Biden can make a compelling case for the rank-and-file to back Clinton.

Vice President Joe Biden will be in Warren and Parma tomorrow, stumping for Hillary Clinton – whom he had briefly considered challenging in the Democratic primary.WKSU’sM.L.Schultzehas more on appearances with autoworkers in which Biden is expected to directly tackle Donald Trump. 

"Just Joe" relates to the Mahoning Valley

Biden campaigned in the Mahoning Valley a half dozen times during the presidential races of 2008 and 2012. Jaladah Aslam, a union retiree who now is a labor and political consultant, says the vice president knows the valley at a more intuitive level as well.

“I think his ability to reach people, to talk to people, to stand here and look you in the eye like he does and have a conversation about your life is something every politician can’t do. The vice president can do.”

The Mahoning Valley is seen as a crucial region for both Clinton and Donald Trump in this battleground state. More than a quarter of the Republican ballots cast in the March primary were by people who had been Democrats, and Trump beat Gov. John Kasich easily along the eastern and southern rim of the state. 

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M.L. Schultze
M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.