DETROIT (AP) Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign says his selection of Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate brings a longtime supporter of the domestic auto industry to the Democratic ticket.
Amy Chapman, Obama campaign’s Michigan campaign director, says Biden is a “strong voice” on issues that are important to automakers.
Biden was involved in failed efforts to change plans to close a Chrysler assembly plant in Newark, Del. And he has visited the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a key industry showcase.
Biden dropped out of the presidential race after the Iowa caucuses. He and Obama were among the candidates who pulled their names from Michigan’s Democratic primary ballot amid a party dispute about the order voting by states.