Biden To Skip Convention, Accept Nomination In DE

Bloomberg News reports:

Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee this month to accept the Democratic nomination for president at the party convention due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to two people familiar with the travel plans.

Biden had been expected to attend the convention in person and deliver his acceptance speech, but the campaign recently scrapped those plans. The Biden campaign declined to comment on his travel.

The people familiar with the plans said the former vice president will deliver his acceptance speech from Wilmington, Delaware, where he lives.

SCOOP: Joe Biden is no longer traveling to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic nomination. His plans to travel to the convention have been scrapped because of coronavirus concerns.

— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) August 5, 2020