Jill Biden makes high-stakes campaign appearances for the first time as first lady
Jill Biden on Friday afternoon will flex her considerable campaigning muscle for the first time as first lady of the United States when she travels to New Jersey and Virginia.
The first lady will be appearing alongside two Democratic gubernatorial candidates who are both locked in contentious battles with their Republican opponents. For Biden -- who was asked by both of the candidates to travel to their states for the events, according to an official familiar with the requests -- the stump is a familiar arena and persuasive campaigning is one of Biden's sweet spots.
Joe Biden's presidential campaign knew it had a secret weapon in Jill Biden during the 2020 race. In Iowa alone, Jill Biden went to more than 70 counties in the early days of the former vice president's candidacy, singing the praises of her husband and his policies. She would campaign there for days on end, then wake in the wee hours of a Thursday or Friday morning, catch a flight from Des Moines back to Washington, hop in an Uber and be in her classroom at Northern Virginia Community College by 10 a.m.
In the eyes of the people who were trying to get her husband elected, that's how important Jill Biden was to the campaign. Now, New Jersey's first-term incumbent governor, Phil Murphy, will attempt to capitalize on her persuasive powers as well.
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