Biden tries to build on small gains in polls as Trump stands trial
SCRANTON, Pa.—Former President Donald Trump will be sitting in a courtroom for much of the next several weeks, giving President Biden a window of opportunity to play offense and build support—if he can take advantage of it. Biden embarked on a multiday tour of Pennsylvania this week as jury selection began in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York, opening a presidential split-screen that voters will see this spring. Recent national polls show the race between the two men essentially tied, with Biden’s support rising gradually since his State of the Union address in March.
Trump still holds a narrow lead in many of the battleground states that will help decide the election, making it imperative for the president to build momentum in states such as Pennsylvania. The start of Trump’s trial, which will keep him in the New York City courtroom for four days a week, follows a recent spate of news about an abortion ban in Arizona, another battleground state where Democrats could be helped by an abortion-rights ballot initiative in the fall. Biden was set to receive the endorsement in Philadelphia Thursday of several members of the Kennedy family, who will say the president has championed the rights and freedoms pursued by the late President John F.
Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
The endorsements come as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has mounted an independent bid for president, with polls showing him getting support in the double-digits.
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