Biden in South Carolina for one of his first presidential election campaign appearances of 2024

In the state that is now first on the Democratic primaries calendar, the president offers fresh assurances he would be willing to close down the US-Mexico border

Four years ago, Democrats in South Carolina - and Black Democrats in particular - effectively cleared the field for President Joe Biden's nomination, ending what might have otherwise been a rowdy primary campaign for the right to face Donald Trump.

At a Democratic Party dinner Saturday in Columbia, SC, celebrating South Carolina's new status as the first Democratic primary state, Biden returned to thank them for it, one week before voters head to the polls.