Biden gives emotional eulogy in Scranton at funeral for childhood friend

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Biden made a trip to his hometown of Scranton on Friday to give an emotional eulogy at the funeral of his best childhood friend.

The president returned to the Catholic church where he said he was baptized, St. Paul, to attend the funeral where he was surrounded by old, close friends to mark the life of Thomas Bell, who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 81.

Biden called his late friend a man of “immense character” and recalled their childhood together...