VP Biden gets enthusiastic welcome at Canfield Fair today

Staff report

CANFIELD

Two lifelong Democrats were ready and waiting for Vice President Joe Biden more than one hour before his arrival at the Canfield Fair.

Pins with “Joe My Man” proudly displayed on their outfits, Barbara Hallwood, 82, and Kathy D’Amico, 71, waited patiently Thursday for Biden to arrive at the Mahoning County Democratic Party booth at the fair.

“We believe in them,” D’Amico said of Democrats. “We want to see them in office. We want to see them bring forth their policies. We want to see them lead the country forward.”

Biden arrived at the fair at about 2:15 p.m. after he spoke at the United Auto Workers Local 1714 hall in Lordstown. With a barricade of Secret Service and security personnel surrounding him, Biden walked around the crowd of fairgoers who were eagerly awaiting the chance to shake hands and take selfies with the vice president. He came to the Mahoning Valley in support of fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency.

Many had their Clinton signs in hand when Biden arrived.

“They stand for the middle-class people,” D’Amico said of Democrat leaders. “They always have. Our dad was a steelworker way back in the early 1930s.”

Read more about the VP's visit to the fair in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.