President Biden joked he was once “disappointed” to find out his great-grandfather was not part of a violent group that killed bigoted mine foremen.
The president spoke about his ancestor, Edward Francis Blewitt, during a rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh on Monday.
“I remember when my great-grandfather was only the second Catholic elected statewide in the state Senate here in Pennsylvania,” Bid
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