Oprah Winfrey spurns Dr Oz to endorse Fetterman in Pennsylvania Senate race

TV host who launched Republican's career on her daytime talkshow had previously said election was up to Pennsylvanians

Oprah Winfrey sprang a November surprise for Democrats in the midterm elections as the US TV host endorsed their candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Senate race, snubbing his Republican rival Mehmet Oz whom she originally made famous on her daytime talkshow.

Until now, Winfrey had said she would leave the election to Pennsylvanians, but on Thursday evening she changed that position in an online discussion on voting in next Tuesday's election.