Obama to campaign for Harris in Pittsburgh next week, kicking off battleground state blitz

Former President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris next week, kicking off a blitz of the battleground states in the Pittsburgh area on Thursday, a senior campaign official confirmed.

The two have been friends for more than 20 years. Harris was an early supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, at a time when much of the Democratic Party had coalesced behind Hillary Clinton, who was making her first run for the Oval Office. Harris traveled...