CHARLESTON, S.C. _ He is a Caucasian septuagenarian with decades of Washington experience in a party that prizes youth and diversity and is clamoring for progressive change.
But when it comes to the contest for African-American support here in this crucial presidential primary state, Joe Biden shouldn't be underestimated.
That's the assessment of African-American faith leaders, state legislators, voters and party operatives in South Carolina, an early-voting state where black voters make up the majority of the Democratic electorate.
