Biden condemns ‘acolyte of Trump’ in crucial Virginia governor’s race

At rally for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, president paints tight election as referendum on his own tenure

Joe Biden has framed a nail-bitingly close race for governor of Virginia as a referendum on his young presidency and an opportunity to rebuke his predecessor, Donald Trump.

Seemingly liberated from the formal trappings of office by a return to the campaign trail, Biden used a rally in Arlington, Virginia, to launch an unusually scathing and sustained attack on the former president.