Excitement grows in Ireland as famous son Joe Biden closes in on US presidency

Ireland may be in a national lockdown because of the Covid crisis but Ballina in the west of Ireland is bustling with activity as locals celebrate the town’s most famous son winning the race for the White House. Joe Biden’s great-great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt and his wife Mary left the small Mayo town 160 years ago. Joe Blewitt has a plumbing business in Ballina and gained national and international notoriety months ago when his cousin was declared the Democratic candidate for the US presidential election by emblazoning ‘Joe Biden for the White House and Joe Blewitt for your house’ across the side of his van. Mr Blewitt (pictured below) and his two sisters have visited Biden in the US. “He promised us he will visit us again when he is President," he told The Telegraph.

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