Kerry cancels, Biden’s sister main speaker

Although he had been billed, John Kerry did not make it for the Joe Biden event in Walhalla.  But Biden’s sister, Valeri, was the main speaker.  Perhaps the most passionate remarks, however, came from a Biden campaign adviser, former CNN commentator Simone Sanders.  The Biden campaign large bus pulled up to Walhalla’s S. College Street where a large crowd squeezed into the new Oconee Democratic Party offices.  The bus was adorn with “JOE Battle for the Soul of the Nation.”  Valeri Biden Owens stressed the importance of small South Carolina to her brother’s campaign, saying every vote counts especially from rural areas such as Walhalla and Oconee County.