Washington (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden has taken the lead in his birth state of Pennsylvania as the number of outstanding ballots has dwindled, putting the Democrat within striking distance of the 270 electoral votes that he needs to win the White House.
CNN has not yet called the commonwealth for the former vice president, but for Biden — a son of Scranton — eclipsing Trump in the Keystone State was a symbolic moment in the course of a political career that has spanned nearly five decades.
