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Trevor Quinn & Sam Roberts

Joe Biden's four simple words during Ireland visit that have a town rooting for him

Joe Biden's four simple words during his last trip to Ireland earned him the support of an entire town.

The Democratic candidate has ancestors from Co Mayo, and has proudly referenced his Irish ancestry throughout his career.

He is currently battling with Donald Trump to become the next President of the United States.

And the former Vice President has the full support of Carlingford in Co Louth after he visited the Cooley Peninsula area back in 2016.

Local Eamonn Thornton told the BBC: "Having dropped off the vice president, the Secret Service cars went on down to turn at the end of the road.

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"As he was coming towards the pub this Secret Service guy said to me 'Where the hell are we' and the vice president happened to overhear and said: 'Man, you're in heaven'."

And many shops in the area now proudly display "Irish for Biden" posters after the visit.

It comes after earlier this this summer one of Biden's Irish cousins revealed he will visit Ireland within months if he defeats Donald Trump.

His cousin Laurita Blewitt said the 77 year-old recently told her: “My priority as President will be to come to Ireland.”

She added: “We’re thrilled. He has a great love for Ireland.

“He was reared very much with Irish roots and he’s very much Irish at heart.

“We’d be thrilled and we would be very proud to see him back as US President.”

Laurita travelled to America in late- February this year and worked on Mr Biden’s campaign team.

She added: “I got a great insight into how it all works a couple of months ago.

“I got to go to the big debates and I went to Vegas and I did a little bit of canvassing for him.

“I went to all of the big TV stuff and I accompanied him for about 10 days and it was brilliant.

“What he told me when I was leaving was, ‘My priority is to get to Ireland.”

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