WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden made brief remarks to his supporters at a drive-in rally in his hometown, urging them to be patient and "keep the faith."
"I'm here to tell you I believe that we're on track to win this election," he said early Wednesday morning local time. Biden projected confidence that key states in the upper Midwest and southwest will end up in his column. The loudest cheers in the crowd came when the former vice president said he would win Pennsylvania, his birthplace.
The crowd, which had been intensely focused on monitoring results on their phones and via MSNBC projected on the big screen, seemed to relish Biden's optimism, responding with claps and honks for their favored candidate.
Immediately after Biden left the stage, Tom Ross turned to his companions and announced, "I feel better."
"It was good to hear it directly from him," explained Ross, 52, a former chair of the Delaware state GOP. Biden promised that he and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, who did not appear onstage, would have more to say later on Wednesday.
