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Biden to return to Scranton this weekend for campaign visit

President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Penn, on April 16 during the first of three days in the battleground state.
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President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Penn, on April 16 during the first of three days in the battleground state.

President Joe Biden will return to Scranton to campaign Saturday, only three days before Election Day.

Biden will travel here for unspecified “political engagements,” the White House announced today.

The announcement does not say if Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will join him.

The president last campaigned in the city on April 16 when he was still the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Biden visited Scranton on Election Day when he ran for president in 2020.

He also visited the city Sept. 27 and delivered a eulogy at the funeral of his Scranton childhood friend, Tom Bell Sr.

Borys Krawczeniuk, one of the most experienced reporters covering Northeast and Northcentral Pennsylvania, joined WVIA News in February 2024 after almost 36 years at the Scranton Times-Tribune and 40 years overall as a reporter. Borys brings to WVIA’s young news operation decades of firsthand knowledge about how government and politics work, as well as the finer points of reporting and writing that embody journalism when it’s done right.

You can email Borys at boryskrawczeniuk@wvia.org