Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has announced the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will hold a virtual roundtable with African American leaders in Jacksonville on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
North Florida Congressman Al Lawson (D-FL5) and State Senate Minority Leader Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) will be joining Biden for the virtual roundtable.
A sign-up page and location is forthcoming, the campaign said. An email to WJCT News did not specify whether Biden, Lawson and Gibson will be in the same phyical location.
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Following the Jacksonville virtual event, Biden is planning to hold a Tampa virtual rally at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Registration for the Tampa event is here.
The coronavirus outbreak has forced the 77-year-old candidate and his campaign to pivot to the internet as the main campaign battlefield – at least for now.
Although Biden is not officially the Democratic nominee, given his wide delegate lead and the momentum from a string of major primary victories, including Florida, it's widely assumed he will face President Donald Trump in the fall.
Biden, who has said he will select a woman as his running mate, will be looking to gain momentum with his virtual Florida events after being publicly accused of sexual assault by a former Senate staffer in the 1990s.
Biden was a long-time U.S. Senator from Delaware before becoming former President Barack Obama’s vice president.
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.
