Joe Biden Kicks Off Campaign With First Rally in Pittsburgh

Joe Biden held his first public rally as a 2020 presidential candidate, appearing at a Pittsburgh union hall — the working-class heart of a state that eluded Democrats in 2016. The former vice president is expected to speak about rebuilding the middle class, though Saturday’s deadly shooting at a California synagogue promised to stoke Biden’s call for aggressive opposition to white supremacists. Biden is likely to mention a theme central to his introductory campaign video, in which he criticized Presiden