Obama to campaign for Biden in Philadelphia on Oct. 21

[October 17, 2020]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Philadelphia next week ahead of the Nov. 3 election against President Donald Trump, the Biden campaign said.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama campaigns for Democrats, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and and Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum in Miami, Florida, U.S. November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

The campaign said additional details will be released later. The popular former president criticized Trump in a podcast this week as an "accelerant" of misinformation.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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